From Esther Akaa, Lafia
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has travelled to the United States of America (USA) on a 10-day vacation.
The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Ibrahim Abdullahi disclosed this when he read the Governor’s letter of notification during the House proceedings on Monday in Lafia, the state capital.
According to the letter, the vacation began on Wednesday, 2nd March and will end on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
The letter read: “Notification to Travel to the United States of America.
I present to the Rt. Hon Speaker and members of the Honourable House my compliments and those of the Government of Nasarawa State.
“I have the pleasure to notify the Rt. Hon Speaker that I shall be traveling to the United States of America for a ten (10) day vacation from Wednesday, 2nd to Saturday, 12th March, 2022.
“I hope to resume my normal duties on Monday, 14th March, 2022.”
The letter concluded that the Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe shall oversee the affairs of the state pending the governor’s return, in compliance to the provision of Section 190(1) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.