Is the president is unwell or still under going recovery? The absence of President Muhammadu Buhari in the public domain is generating anxiety and great concern among Nigerians.
Though the anti corruption war seems to be achieving commendable results in recent weeks with numerous discovery of cash by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Fderation, SGF along with the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency over alleged misdeeds bothering on corruption. Why many expected visibility of the president to make pronouncement on these issues and any more, the president is only seen briefly on Fridays at the Jumat prayer.
President Muhammadu Buhari, 74, has become a hermit of a sought since he returned from his medical hiatus in London on March 10 after 49 days.
What got Nigerians curious was the non-availability of video or images of the meeting of 3 ministers who went to brief the president about the activities of their ministries during the week.
Rather than see the president, it is the Vice President that is visible. It was the VP who received a delegation of the Arewa Consultative Forum who came to visit the president.
Speaking with Sunday Punch, a former Joint House Leader of the defunct Peoples Redemption Party and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, as well as a member of the Defence Committee in the Second Republic, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, said that there was every reason for Nigerians to be worried about the president’s health, especially because he has hardly been seen in public.
Mohammed said, “The Presidency needs to tell the truth. It is disingenuous and not good for the country for the people to be told lies about their president.
“We need to know the truth and not be told lies. People have genuine cause to be worried because they don’t see their president as they should. Knowing about the health of the President is not a personal issue; it is of public interest. Nigerians are genuinely concerned.”
Similarly, the leader of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima, stated that Nigerians were worried about the continued absence of the President in the public. He noted that Buhari was not elected to stay indoors.
“Nigerians want to see the President they voted for. Nigerians want to know the status of his health. We are praying for him to get better but nobody should hide him from us. We are worried. It is disturbing and worrisome that we have not seen him in public and that we do not know his exact health status. Nobody should hide him away from us because we feel he has been kidnapped from Nigerians. He is being treated with taxpayers’ money so they deserve to know the status of
