SAN faults Aisha Buhari for granting indefinite leave to FG workers

<h4><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Three Senior Advocates of Nigeria have criticized Aisha&comma; the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari for ordering that all personnel in her office go on indefinite leave&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-16271 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;Screenshot&lowbar;20211225-012502&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SAN faults Aisha Buhari for granting indefinite leave to FG workers" width&equals;"720" height&equals;"385" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">They claimed that the President&&num;8217&semi;s wife behaved illegally since she lacked the authority to issue such an order and that only the Head of the Federation&&num;8217&semi;s Civil Service&comma; Folasade Yemi-Esan&comma; was authorized by law to do so&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Separate interviews with newsmen were conducted with the three senior lawyers&comma; Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa&comma; Lekan Ojo&comma; and Ifedayo Adedipe&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Those who work with the President and his wife&comma; they claim&comma; work for the people of Nigeria and are paid with taxpayers&&num;8217&semi; money&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Amid pregnancy rumors&comma; Mohammed Kamal&comma; the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Health and Development Partners in the First Lady&&num;8217&semi;s office&comma; revealed on December 21&comma; 2021&comma; that Aisha had instructed all members of staff in her office to go on indefinite leave&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Buhari&comma; 79&comma; and Aisha&comma; 50&comma; were in Turkey between December 16 and 19&comma; 2021&comma; for the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit&period; The Presidency&&num;8217&semi;s distribution of photos of the President&&num;8217&semi;s wife following the trip prompted pregnancy rumors because she was portrayed with what appeared to be a bump&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">While Abdullahi&&num;8217&semi;s phone was inaccessible and a text message sent to him has yet to be returned as of press time&comma; Haruna declined to comment on the situation when approached&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;