The
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on new media and publicity Femi
Adesina insists the president is not sick but at the same time needs our
prayers.
Speaking
shortly after Buhari addressed reporters at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi
Azikwe International Airport Abuja, Adesina urged Nigerians to pray for the
President.
He
said though the President has ear infection, it had not stopped him from
carrying out his duties as the leader of the country.
Adesina
said, “The buzz going round town is that the President is ill, but ‘ill’ will
be a misnomer, it should not be the right word to use.
“The
President is going for a 10-day rest and during that period he will see
specialists who will look at his ear because he has been treating that ear
locally for sometime.
“Nigerian
physicians have looked at it and now they have said you are going to UK, now
that you will be there. let specialists look at the ear.
“They
have treated it locally so it is not a question of whether the President is
ill. If he is ill, it presupposes that there are certain things that he cannot
do.
“But
till the very last minute that he is traveling, the President performed the
duties and functions of his office as the President. So illness is not the
issue.”
Maintaining
that the President is on vacation, Adesina appealed to Nigerians to pray for
Buhari so that God will take care of him and the country.
“As
a human being, yes he can rest. He has been President for one full year, you
know that in February he took five days leave, he is taking another 10 days
now. That means 15 days leave in one year.
“You
and I take more than that. So it is natural that the President, as a human
being, is taking 10 days rest but he is not ill.
“We
need to underscore that. Rather than going into a frenzy I will urge Nigerians
to just show goodwill and patriotism, they should pray for him and wish him
well.
“Things
about health life and death are in the hands of God, but I believe that all is
well with our President and God will take care of him and take care of the
country,” he said.
Source: Dailypost
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