Why Buhari can’t work now –FG

​The dream of Nigerians to see President Muhammadu Buhari working at full throttlemay take a while to materialise as he has resolved to keep his medics’ advice to takea rest.

Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which was again ‘shunned’ by Buhari,  yesterday, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed said: “Mr. President would stick to his doctor’s advice so that he can recover much more quickly,” he said

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo presided over the meeting, the third since Buhari returned from a 49-day medical vacation inthe United Kingdom on March 10. The minister also rebuffed reports that the president was being fed through intravenous injections. He said the report was absolutely false and total bunkum and urged Nigerians to disregard it. When asked why Buhari was absent at FEC meeting, he said: “He was in the office yesterday as you all reported. And if the doctors say he should take a rest, I think you’ll recover faster when you rest when you ought to rest, rather than by forcing yourself to work when you are not fit to work.“All he is doing is following the doctor’s advice. 

Mr. President himself told the nation he has never been this sick and he is going to take it easy. He said it from day one when he came back from the UK. So, whatever is happening today is not any strange development, it is exactly what he said. That he’s been advised to take it easy by his doctors and that he will soon also go back for further treatment. “So, I don’t think it’s anything that is out of place from what he said. He has been quite transparent and upfront in the matter concerning his health.”He added: “..

A few days before now, we came out to say he’s been asked to take some rest by his doctors, and he chose today to rest and not to attend the Federal Executive Council meeting.”On the call for Buhari to go on another medical vacation, the minister said: “We thank all of them for their concern, I think it shows how concerned Nigerians are about the health of the president. And all their suggestions are being taken on board.” He said Buhari’s ill health would not adversely affect the celebration of the administration’s two-year anniversary celebration on May 29.

Daily Sun