‘As a human being, Buhari is entitled to rest… pray for him’ – Presidency

The Presidency has urged Nigerians to offer prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari as he travels abroad for see specialists over a niggling ear infection.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Monday, reiterated the fact that Buhari is not ill, while stressing that it is not the right word to use in describing his condition.

Speaking after seeing off the President at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja, 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. 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 sometime.”

“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.”

“But till the very last minute that he is traveling, the President performed the duties and functions of his office as the President. So illness is not the issue.”

“As a human being, yes he can rest. He has been President for one full year, you know that in February he took five days leave, he is taking another 10 days now. That means 15 days leave in one year.”

“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. 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.”

“Things about health life and death are in the hands of God, but I believe that all is well with our President and God will take care of him and take care of the country.”

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