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Newly inaugurated
Vice president, Namadi Sambo resumed work at his new office at the
presidential villa, Abuja yesterday and was received by a delegation
led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Yayale Ahmed.

The former Kaduna State governor is the fourth Vice President of Nigeria.
Mr Sambo was taken
round the Vice President’s wing of the presidential complex where he
met some top government functionaries. He was all smiles as he toured
the complex, waving to the staff, security personnel and journalists
who all took turns to congratulate him.

The delegation
that received the vice president included the ministers of finance,
Olusegun Aganga and Remi Babalola; that of the national planning
commission, Shamusideen Usman and the acting Director General of Bureau
for Public Enterprises (BPE), Bolanle Onagoruwa, all of whose
activities fall under his supervisory purview as the head of
government’s economic team.

Later, the Vice
President received various visitors who came to congratulate him. One
of the early callers was the Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido.

The vice president is, however billed to return to Kaduna tomorrow
to officially hand over power to his successor, Patrick Yakowa who was
sworn in yesterday.