Buhari resting to recover fully-Lai Muhammed

By Lawrence Olaoye

Minister for Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari's absence at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting was to enable him rest to recover fully.
Mohammed made this declaration while responding to questions from State House Correspondents at a briefing after the FEC meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday.
The information minister explained that the President could not attend the meeting because he was taking things easy as advised by his doctors.
The President's absence from the FEC yesterday made it the third since he returned from his medical vacation in London.
He hinted that Buhari would soon return to London to continue his treatment.
He said "Why the president was not at the meeting. You are also aware that the President was at his office yesterday, and he worked at his office yesterday. 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.
"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."
Asked for his response to the widespread worry being expressed on the President's health status, Mohammed 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."
Responding to reports that Buhari could no longer eat by himself, the minister said "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 by forcing yourself to work when you are not fit to work.
"All he is doing is he 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 , 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."
On the scores sheet of the Buhari's administration as it inches to second year, the minister said "We'd 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 story to tell. We are proud that within two years we've made tremendous progress.
"In the area of power we have signed 13 power purchase agreements with 13 solar companies. And that is going to add at least one Gigawatts to the national grid. Among others, so we have a good story to tell Nigerians and I think that is what they want to hear."

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