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Nigerian leader may soon leave hospital

JEDDAH, Saudi buy canada goose jacket Arabia (Reuters) Nigerian President Umaru Yar is expected to be discharged from a hospital in Saudi Arabia very soon after showing Canada Goose online significant recovery from a heart ailment, a Nigerian ambassador said on Thursday.

Nigerian President Umaru Yar arrives outside South African President Thabo Mbeki’s office uk canada goose in Cape Town, June 3, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Yar Canada Goose Parka has been absent from Nigeria for nearly two months receiving treatment for a heart condition in Saudi Arabia. He made his first public comment on Tuesday since leaving Nigeria on canada goose factory sale November 23, saying he was recovering and hoped to return soon.

Yar refusal to transfer powers to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan has sparked more uncertainty over canada goose clearance who is in charge of Africa most populous nation.

health has tremendously improved, Abdullah Aminchi, Nigerian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, told Reuters. know definitely he will be discharged very soon. I cannot give a date or time, only canada goose clearance sale the doctors can tell.

A federal court ruled on Wednesday that Jonathan can perform all the executive duties for Canada Goose Outlet ailing Yar without an official transfer of powers.

But the judge also said the vice president cannot be the president, provoking widespread confusion over what exactly Jonathan responsibilities will be while Yar recovers in hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Nigerians are now looking to Jonathan to clear up the uncertainty, but the vice presidency has yet to comment on the ruling.

judgment of yesterday has not canada goose uk shop cleared up anything. The country remains rudderless. It has no leadership for now, said Rotimi Akeredolu, the president of the Nigerian cheap Canada Goose Bar Association, which has filed legal action against the government and Yar cheap canada goose uk for not transferring powers.

LEGAL BATTLES The case is one of four lawsuits over Yar absence. Judge Abutu ruling on Wednesday is likely canada goose coats to undermine the other three, which were adjourned on Thursday to next week.

Jonathan has been representing Yar at cabinet meetings and official functions but executive powers have not been officially canada goose black friday sale given to him, leading to questions over the legality of decisions made by the government in Yar absence.

Under the constitution, Yar must write a letter to the National Assembly stating canada goose coats on sale that he is transferring his presidential powers to the vice president.

is one thing for this court to rule, but another for the vice president to gather up the canada goose store courage and take over presidential powers, said Reuben Abati, chairman of the editorial board for Nigeria Guardian newspaper.

vice president has been very careful not to show he is canada goose over ambitious.

Transferring canadagooseoutleta power from Yar a Muslim northerner, to Jonathan, from the predominantly Christian south, would be highly sensitive in a country where rival groups have maintained a careful balance since canada goose uk outlet the return of civilian rule in 1999.

current president and those who surround him are not willing buy canada goose jacket cheap to transfer the powers of the president to the vice president, said Ayodele Thompson, director for the Lagos based think tank Initiative for Public Policy Analysis.

see the presidency now as that of the north. If Canada Goose sale Cheap Canada Goose vests the vice president should Canada Goose Online take over that means that the term of the north is cut short, he added.

Attorney General Michael canada goose uk black friday Aondoakaa was the only top government official to comment on Wednesday ruling, saying the vice president can now sign appropriations bills and uk canada goose outlet do all the canadian goose jacket same functions Canada Goose Jackets as Yar

Additional reporting by Randy Fabi, Camillus Eboh, Chijioke Ohuocha, Felix Onuah, and Tume Ahemba; Writing by Canada Goose Coats On Sale Randy Fabi; Editing by Ralph Boulton.