Major opposition parties have faulted President Bola Tinubu’s frequent travel abroad.
According to them, the president is more interested in globetrotting than addressing pressing issues in the country.
But the presidency said a leader who sought to bring foreign investments couldn’t afford to sit back when the harvest was out there.
In the past 18 months in office, Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima have embarked on 43 trips across 28 countries.
The PUNCH analysis has shown that the president has visited 17 countries on 30 foreign trips.
The President is currently in France for a state visit.
Commenting on the trips, the National Deputy Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Timothy Osadolor, described Tinubu as a globetrotting president.
He said, “He believes more than ever before that being a president is only an exercise by how much you travel across…