President Muhammadu Buhari might not be returning to work anytime soon, as it has been revealed that he is not fit to go back to work yet.
Briefing journalists at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said Buhari was not in the meeting because he chose to rest.
He further said that Buhari will continue to rest until he has fully recovered and is fit to work based on his doctor’s advice.
According to ThisDay, the Minister dismissed inquiries by State House correspondents seeking to know if the president’s health had deteriorated to the extent that he was being fed.
”The answer to your first question is absolute bunkum. It is absolutely untrue that he is being fed. He was in the office yesterday as you all reported. And if the doctors say he should take a rest, because they think he’ll recover faster, then he ought to rest rather than forcing himself to work when he is not fit to work.
All he’s doing is following the doctor’s advice. Mr. President himself told the nation he had never been this sick and he is going to take it easy. He said it from day one when he came back from the United Kingdom. So, whatever is happening today is not any strange development. It is exactly what he said: that he’s been advised to take it easy by his doctors and that he will soon also go back for further treatment.
So, I don’t think it’s anything that is out of the place from what he said. He has been quite transparent and upfront in the matter concerning his health,” Mohammed said.
The president was absent from the weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday for the record third time, thus raising speculations that his health might have deteriorated.
Mohammed on Wednesday thanked Nigerians whom he said had been concerned and sympathetic about Buhari’s health.
”We want to take this opportunity to thank Nigerians who have expressed a lot of concern and sympathy, and who have been praying for him.
Like we’ve always said, Mr. President will stick to his doctor’s advice so that he can recover quickly. We thank all of them for their concern. I think it shows how concerned Nigerians are about the health of the president. And all their suggestions are being taken on board,” he added.
He should continue to rest, rest and rest……Hmmmmm
This guy is too old for this position in the first place.
This man can’t run this nation. I don’t understand why he struggled to be in that seat in the first place. Let him continue to rest oh.
mtcheeeew. isn’t he dead already….only happens in Nigeria