{"id":72577,"date":"2020-03-29T19:09:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T18:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=72577"},"modified":"2020-03-29T19:09:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T18:09:09","slug":"after-criticism-buhari-to-address-nigerians-on-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/after-criticism-buhari-to-address-nigerians-on-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"After Criticism, Buhari To Address Nigerians On Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1662505416645092244\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians on Sunday by 7:00<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">p.m., (Nigeria Time), amidst criticisms from many Nigerians over his<br \/>\nfailure to address the country since the COVID-19 pandemic broke, a<br \/>\nstatement from his office has said.\u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation Sunday, March<br \/>\n29, 2020 at 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTelevision, radio and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to<br \/>\nhook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority<br \/>\n(NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) respectively for<br \/>\nthe broadcast,\u201d Mr Buhari\u2019s spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said in a mail<br \/>\nsent to journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Although the topic of the address was not stated in the brief message,<br \/>\nMr Buhari is expected to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts<br \/>\nhis government is taking to tackle it.<br \/>\nThe decision to address Nigerians comes amidst criticisms by many<br \/>\nNigerians over the president\u2019s refusal to address them since Nigeria<br \/>\nrecorded its first case of COVID-19 about a month ago.<br \/>\nPresidential aides had given various reasons for Mr Buhari\u2019s refusal to<br \/>\naddress Nigerians. While information minister Lai Mohammed said it was<br \/>\nnot yet the \u2018appropriate time\u2019, Mr Adesina had said that was not Mr<br \/>\nBuhari\u2019s \u2018style\u2019 of addressing the crisis.<br \/>\nSunday\u2019s address will be the Nigerian president\u2019s first since the<br \/>\ncoronavirus pandemic broke.<br \/>\nNigeria now has 97 cases of the disease while one person has died.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians on Sunday by 7:00 p.m., (Nigeria Time), amidst criticisms from many Nigerians over his failure to address the country since the COVID-19 pandemic broke,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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