ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari needs further rest in Britain following medical tests but there is no need to worry about his health, his spokesman said on Tuesday, as the Nigerian leader’s absence enters the second month while the oil producer is in recession. Buhari, 74, left for London for medical leave a month ago for an unspecified illness, putting Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, 59, in charge. He had originally planned to stay 10 days. The government has sought to allay concerns of a void at the helm of one of Africa’s biggest economies at a time when it is battling recession by stressing that Osinbajo has full powers as acting president. "The president needs to rest for some further time," Buhari’s spokesman Femi Adesina said at the presidential villa in Abuja. "From the results of the (medical) tests further rest has been recommended." He declined to say when Buhari might be back or what his condition is, saying only: "There is no cause to worry. He is the one who owns his ...
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