President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency said Wednesday is adhering to Doctors advice to take out time to fully recover hence his absence from the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
Information Minister, Lai Mohammed at the end of the federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday told reporters that, “The President chose today to rest; he was in his office yesterday (Tuesday), which you all reported. He is taking his doctors’ advice so that he can fully recover.”
The President was earlier scheduled to attend the Wednesday FEC meeting but changed his mind at the last minute, paving way for the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to chair the meeting.
The minister who spoke on various issues, however, denied reports that President Buhari was being fed through intravenous injections.
He said, “We want to take this opportunity to thank Nigerians who have expressed a lot of concern and sympathy, and who have been praying for him. Like we’ve always said, Mr president will stick to his doctor’s advice so that he can recover much more quickly.”
“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 onboard.”
“The answer to your first question is absolute bunkum. It is absolutely untrue that he is being fed. 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 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 the place from what he said. He has been quite transparent and upfront in the matter concerning his health.”
“We would be two years old in a few weeks’ time. And in our very normal customary way, we are going to mark it because we have a lot of stories to tell. We are proud that within two years we’ve made tremendous progress.
“We’ve been able to restructure the economy on a very sound footing. We’ve succeeded in not just looking for quick fixes. But we are addressing the fundamental issues of our economy and which is basically that we are moving away from relying solely on oil to other areas like agriculture, solid minerals and the rest.”