The presidency has clarified that though the president is sick, he can
still function from home insisting that “there is no need for
apprehension.”
In a statement issued on Thursday by president’s media aide, Garba Shehu,
the presidency lashed out at many negative media reports about the
president’s state of health.
The statement reads: “President Buhari’s absence at the Federal Executive
Council meeting of Wednesday, April 26, was a last minute decision;
otherwise, the cabinet and the public might have been alerted in advance.
“As eager as he is to be up and about, the President’s doctors have
advised on his taking things slowly, as he fully recovers from the long
period of treatment in the United Kingdom some weeks ago.
“Despite his lack of visibility, Nigerians should rest assured that
President Buhari has not abdicated his role as Commander-in-Chief of
Nigeria. He receives daily briefings on the activities of government, and
confers regularly with his Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. His
private residence, in which he has been spending the majority of his time
recently, also has a fully equipped office.”
The president, who some weeks ago returned home from long medical
treatments in London, has missed 2 weekly federal executive meetings now
and has not attended state public functions for a while, a situation that
has prompted insinuation about his poor state of health.