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– The presidency has called on Nigerians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari
– Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina maintained that the president was not ill and it was wrong for people to refer to his ear infection as illness
– He said Buhari is not incapacitated by his ear infection from carrying out his duties as president
– It is natural that the president as a human being is taking 10 days rest but he is not ill, he added
– Also speaking, President Buhari said everyone fall ill
The presidency on Monday, June 6, maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari is not ill.
Speaking with newsmen at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja, Femi Adesina, the president’s special adviser on media and publicity said although Buhari has ear infection it has not stopped him from performing his functions as president of the country.
Buhari departs for London
He said it was wrong for people to refer to the president’s ear infection as illness, The Nation reports.
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.
READ ALSO: Nigerians react to Buhari’s ill health
“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 some time.
“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.
“Till the very last minute that he is traveling, the president performed the duties and functions of his office as the president.”
According to him, there is nothing wrong for Buhari to take 15 days rest in one year in office because as a human, he needs rest like everyone else.
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The presidency maintained that President Buhari is not ill
“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,” he said.
Adesina urged Nigerians to pray for the president, adding that the things about life and death are in God’s hands.
“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.”
When Buhari was asked his message to Nigerians as he departs for London, he replied: “I have already told Nigerians that I am going for 10 days to get my ear checked.”
Buhari said everyone falls ill
On how to calm the tension that will follow a president falling sick, Buhari responded: “Is there anybody that doesn’t fall sick?”
On Monday, the president left Nigeria for London where he is expected to see specialists over what the presidency described as “persistent ear infection.”
Many have expressed concern over Buhari’s state of health after he cancelled his scheduled two-day official visit to Lagos state at the last minute and directed Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president to represent him.
Last week, he cancelled another trip to Ogoni land at the last minute, raising more concerns on whether the president was hale and hearty.
Report later surfaced that the president was ill and had an infection in his left ear, otherwise called Meniere Disease.
In response, the presidency denied the report, saying the president was fine and duly discharging his presidential duties.
The Peoples Democratic Party was the first to publicise the alleged illness of the president. The party claimed that Buhari is likely to be flown for medical treatment abroad on the guise of a foreign trip.
– Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina maintained that the president was not ill and it was wrong for people to refer to his ear infection as illness
– He said Buhari is not incapacitated by his ear infection from carrying out his duties as president
– It is natural that the president as a human being is taking 10 days rest but he is not ill, he added
– Also speaking, President Buhari said everyone fall ill
The presidency on Monday, June 6, maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari is not ill.
Speaking with newsmen at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja, Femi Adesina, the president’s special adviser on media and publicity said although Buhari has ear infection it has not stopped him from performing his functions as president of the country.
Buhari departs for London
He said it was wrong for people to refer to the president’s ear infection as illness, The Nation reports.
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.
READ ALSO: Nigerians react to Buhari’s ill health
“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 some time.
“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.
“Till the very last minute that he is traveling, the president performed the duties and functions of his office as the president.”
According to him, there is nothing wrong for Buhari to take 15 days rest in one year in office because as a human, he needs rest like everyone else.
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The presidency maintained that President Buhari is not ill
“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,” he said.
Adesina urged Nigerians to pray for the president, adding that the things about life and death are in God’s hands.
“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.”
When Buhari was asked his message to Nigerians as he departs for London, he replied: “I have already told Nigerians that I am going for 10 days to get my ear checked.”
Buhari said everyone falls ill
On how to calm the tension that will follow a president falling sick, Buhari responded: “Is there anybody that doesn’t fall sick?”
On Monday, the president left Nigeria for London where he is expected to see specialists over what the presidency described as “persistent ear infection.”
Many have expressed concern over Buhari’s state of health after he cancelled his scheduled two-day official visit to Lagos state at the last minute and directed Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president to represent him.
Last week, he cancelled another trip to Ogoni land at the last minute, raising more concerns on whether the president was hale and hearty.
Report later surfaced that the president was ill and had an infection in his left ear, otherwise called Meniere Disease.
In response, the presidency denied the report, saying the president was fine and duly discharging his presidential duties.
The Peoples Democratic Party was the first to publicise the alleged illness of the president. The party claimed that Buhari is likely to be flown for medical treatment abroad on the guise of a foreign trip.
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