President Buhari should say something about his health – Catholic Bishop
- Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese has called on Presidnet Buhari to come out and address Nigerians about his health
- The Bishop said the president can only dispel the rumour of his death and terminal illness if he comes out to say something
Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Anambra state, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to come out and dispel the rumour of his death.
According to Daily Post, Ezeokafor who spoke to journalists on Sunday, at the annual meeting with the Religious Council in the diocese at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Awka, said it is okay if the president is sick but Nigerians need to know what is wrong with him.
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The Bishop said: “We pray that he comes back in good health; those asking about his state of health have the right to know where their President is and how he is doing.
“It is normal to be sick because he is a human being like any other person.
“The interest in Buhari’s state of health is like the way people, all over the world, were worried when the late Pope John Paul 11 and Nelson Mandela were sick in hospital.
“It’s high time he said something so that the suspicion and guessing will die down.”
Recall that President Buhari who left the country on January 19 for a 10 day vacation recently wrote to the senate to demand for an extension of his leave. The President has not address the country since his departure and the extension of leave demanded from the senate is indefinite.
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Meanwhile, the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that only the president can tell Nigeria about his current state of health.
When asked about the current state of the president’s health, Adesina who spoke on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels TV on Sunday, February 5, said: “I am sure it will get to a point when the President has to disclose the status of his health if it needs to be disclosed. If it’s something serious enough to disclose, I am sure he will disclose it."
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