The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has rescheduled his planned visit to Ondo State. The trip earlier scheduled for Friday has been moved to Monday. Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists.  According to Akande, the trip which he said was in continuation of Osinbajo’s tour of oil-producing communities which earlier took him to Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Imo States, was aborted because of bad weather. 

He said, “Prof. Osinbajo was already air-borne this morning (Friday) when weather reports indicated dusty haze and very poor visibility at the Akure Airport and other alternative airports nearby. “The presidential jet therefore had to return to Abuja following which the weather condition was closely monitored until about 2:30pm, when it became abundantly clear that the situation would not change in time for the Acting President to achieve the purposes of the visit. The visit has therefore been rescheduled for Monday, the 20th of February, 2017. The Presidency has extended apologies to the State Governor, the Governor-elect, traditional rulers and the generality of the people of Ondo State who had been awaiting the Acting President’s visit.”

Source: The Punch