The Presidency on Tuesday
dismissed statement by the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal that
President Muhammadu Buhari was too old to seek a second term in 2019.
Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant
on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, refuted Tambuwal’s statement, saying that
the 800 metres trek embarked upon by the president from the Eid ground to his
private residence in Daura, Katsina State was an indication of his fitness to
seek re-election in 2019.
This position however stirred
controversy online as some Nigerians wondered why trekking 800metres by Buhari
should be seen as an achievement or test of being fit for a second term.
Some of them reasoned that this
has rather raised questions about whether the president is actually fit to seek
re-election.
Here are some comments gathered from Twitter:
@UDeh_Christian : “I weep for
Nigeria, how did we get here, he walked 800m and that means he’s fit to rule
the country? Even madmen walk longer than that. Respectfully, sir, you lack the
intellectual capacity and the innovative backbone to move this country
forward.”
@Martinz_officials “Mohammadu
Buhari trekking 800 M from praying ground to your private house is not an
achievement . It will not increase Nigeria economy. Buhari you are a monumental
failure.”
@Gateshild “Is he crippled
before, why all this noise of 800m that’s to show something is wrong with his
health.Maybe before he can’t walk but after London hospital visit he can walk
again let’s hope he continues walking up to 3000m.”
@Emmytrix “Imagine. I was
wondering the achievement. I thought at first it was some 800 miles.”
@Alegallawyer “The entire people
in that photo must have walked the same distance! However if we have to
celebrate a less than a kilometre walk as an achievement, it’s either there’s
nothing done to celebrate or the President is so sick that its a feat to walk
just 800meters!
@LAwbestt “Another achievement.
The reason he needs to be kicked out of @AsoRock next year.”
@CodedSquare “Is this also part
of his achievement or 2019 electioneering campaign? I thought we have left that
era of propaganda. This is Nigeria and not Togo. He trekked to the prayer
ground and so what? So many Nigerians do that on daily basis.”
@FynfaceIV “Would trekking have
any effect on the economy? or in the lives of those people chanting Sai Baba?
@Shamehng “Is that too much for
him to trek? Is that why we should vote him come 2019? Does that mean he is
fully fit?
@Chimkels “Question should be why
a 75 years old man should be seeking re-election in a country that retires
civil servants at the age of 60? And when trekking 800km is now a test on
strength in leading a country?
@Lorrenzodwin “Since trekking is
now the requirement for the presidency, mai-ruwas all over the country are more
qualified. Buhari should come for a debate when he’s ready let’s even hear what
he’s coming to do.”
@Codshalom77 “Trekking 800m less
than a kilometer has suddenly become an achievement. After 3yrs with nothing to
show for it, we suddenly have this achievement of trekking. It is now crystal
clear that Animals are in power.”
@Seedofworld “So if my father can
trek 800x3m=2400 after coming back from a medical trip, means he deserves to be
president not minding if his competent or not. You these Sai baba people will
not kill us.”
All the above comments are rubbish
ReplyDeleteMsheliza Muktari Zali your brain is mixed up, All of the above is correct but the only bitter truth, the old man should please leave Nigerians alone the suffering under his watch is too high to compare to every other past regime, he is doing nothing good to the country let him retire to his home instead of drawing us backward, he may see himself working but Nigerians didn't see such rather the opposite of his thinking
ReplyDeletePlease we need him to come out boldly on debate and tells us his scope on the economic of this our dear country.
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