The Presidency on Monday said it was wrong for anybody to be claiming that the Acting President , Yemi Osinbajo, has been performing better than President Muhammadu Buhari since the President started his extended medical vacation .
It said Osinbajo still consults with Buhari on major national issues on a regular basis.
The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu , said this in an interview with State House correspondents .
While describing those behind the argument as thoughtless, Ojudu described it as a ploy by the opposition to cause an unnecessary division .
He said the President and Osinbajo enjoy a joint ticket and they were both elected based on the manifesto of the party which they have been implementing since their inauguration .
The presidential aide said , “The same people who said we never had economic team, no policy , nothing are the ones saying this .
“It is now that the policies we are implementing are maturing and they are seeing the result. It is not a question of one person being better than the other person .
“There is nothing that has been done since the Vice- President started acting that is not something that started far back in the past. A good example is the Niger Delta initiative .
“The President called the Vice - President and said ‘ I am giving you the mandate , go into the Niger Delta and meet with everyone who is a stakeholder , all the communities , talk to the militants and make sure you solve this problem for the benefits of Nigerians . ’
“We are losing 1 . 2 million barrels of oil per day , all the gas pipelines powering the turbines are being blown up . And the President has said unless and until we resolve this problem we will not get out of recession . The VP took up the mandate and went to the Niger Delta , it is the initiative of Mr . President not that of the Vice - President .
“These are mischief makers , those who do not wish this country well, who are always promoting crisis , who will not allow the people to benefit from this democracy . They are the ones promoting this kind of divisive tendencies. ”
