We Will Ask Buhari If He Would Want To Address Nigerians – Presidency

The Presidency has said that it would ask President Muhammadu Buhari, if he would love to personally address Nigerians over issue bordering on his health and long vacation.

Buhari, who jetted out of the country some weeks back, has not return due to his ailing health. The president said he would only return when his doctors declare him fit.

Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has been acting on his behalf since he left the shores of the country.

This development, however, sparked up rumours in a section of the media that the president had passed on.

Speaking at an interactive session with Nigerian youths organized by the Citizens Support for Good Governance in Nigeria , yesterday, Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, debunked the reports in some quarters that some close appointees of President Buhari had constituted themselves into a cabal with the aim of cutting  down the influence of Acting President Osinbajo.

When asked why the President’s handlers have not deemed it fit to get him to talk directly to Nigerians through Nigeria’s media, Shehu said the suggestion would be forwarded to the president to see if he would agree.

“Okay, if you are making a suggestion, we will put it to him, in case he would agree. We will put it to him,” he said.

Garba said, “This country has one government. When Nigerians voted, they voted for Buhari/Osinbajo on one ticket. Nobody can divide that ticket, so if Prof. Osinbajo achieves a milestone, it is a milestone by the Buhari administration. It is one government, no division in this government.”

“He (Buhari) wants a future that is secure and stable for young generations that are coming, that is yourselves. This is why in his messages, he has stayed on three key issues; he has repeated this over and over again.

“He says this country cannot make any progress without security. And look at all the efforts that has been put in rolling back Boko Haram. There are many people who believe that if not for President Buhari, if the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had continued in this country in 2015, Boko Haram would have taken over Aso Rock by now,” he said.