President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in Abuja on Friday from Kenya, after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in Nairobi.
The President who participated in the Special Session to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Nation’s body.
While in Kenya, the President also met with Mr Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Nairobi where he among other things directed collaboration between the Ministries of Environment, Water Resources, Agriculture and Rural Development and Power to combat desertification.
According to sources at the Presidency, the President was initially scheduled to proceed to London for a medical check-up but returned to Abuja this afternoon. They are still of the opinion that the President will head to London on Sunday, March 6 for his routine medical checks.
However, Mallam Shehu, media aide to the President explained that the President returned to Abuja on Friday because his engagements in Nairobi finished earlier.
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