Garba Shehu, the Senior Special
Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari has said it was
up to the President himself to decide whether details of his health status will
be disclosed to Nigerians or not.
He said this on Monday night
while speaking about the President’s health during an interview with Seun
Okinbaloye of ‘Politics Today’ on Channels Television.
Asked if he was aware of what was
wrong with the President, Shehu said: “It has not been disclosed”.
Concerning whether details of the
President’s health status will be disclosed to Nigerians, he said it was up to
the President.
“The President himself will
decide that. You know also he had a past opportunity on which occasion he
himself made the disclosure.
“So, therefore, I think with a
bit of patience, given the nature and character of the President, he will sit
before television cameras and say this is what I went through,” he said.
According to him, Buhari had made
a significant improvement in his recovery from an undisclosed ailment.
Asked when the President will
return to the country, especially as the governors said he was healthy and
active, Shehu said: “As soon as his doctors certify that he is good enough to
be up and about, they will release him.”
It could be recalled that there have
been concerns about the President’s health, especially as he has not been seen
in public since May 7 when he left the country for London to receive further
medical attention.
An audio message from President
Buhari, recorded in Hausa, for the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations led to further
controversy.
A photo of Sunday’s meeting
with the governors released by the Presidency led to questions about why
there were no videos or a video message to Nigerians. Shehu, however, said the
meeting with the governors and the image had reassured Nigerians that their
President had made significant progress in his recovery.
“I think it is sufficiently
important to Nigerians that the President who had gone abroad to receive
treatment for his health has made significant improvement,” he said.
A member of the group, Coalition
of Concerned Nigerians (CCN), George Turner, however, faulted the handling of
the President’s health, warning that it was leading to rumours and dangerous
conspiracy theories.
“The thing is that we don’t
understand the concept of governance of democracy. The President is not a
private person; the President is a public person,” Turner said.
“We must be proactive. This
country is so divided right now and there are so many mischievous voices that
want to orchestrate and cause havoc and disharmony. And everything we can see
that has potential to cause disaffection and destruction of lives and property,
we tackle it.”
When will this people learn how to speak the truth? Haba,you keep lying everyday...shameless mugus from zoo republic.
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