I want to return home but I have to obey my Doctors Order- Buhari
He said there is tremendous improvement in his health and that he wishes to return home. He stressed that “but I’ve learnt to obey my doctor’s orders, rather than be the one issuing the orders. Here, the doctor is absolutely in charge.”
Presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in a
statement, said Buhari spoke yesterday while receiving his media team and the
Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters, at Abuja House, London.
The visiting team, led by the Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; include the Special Adviser on
Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina; the Senior Special Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the Personal Assistant on Digital/Online Media,
Laureta Onochie and the Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters, Abike
Dabiri-Erewa.
Adesina said when the team expressed delight at the
much improved health of the president, he (Buhari) retorted: “I feel I could go
home, but the doctors are in charge. I’ve now learnt to obey orders, rather
than be obeyed.”
He stated that when Buhari was asked how he felt
hearing different conjectures about his health, the president said he followed
events at home closely, lauding Nigerian television stations, and the media
generally, for keeping him informed.
Adesina said Buhari was told that prayers were
going on fervently for him, not only in Nigeria, but all over Africa, and
around the world and that the president expressed delight, saying, “what we did
in The Gambia early this year fetched us a lot of goodwill on the African
continent. It gave us a lot of latitude. I thank all those who are praying. May
God reward them.”
Daily Trust
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