It’s intriguing to note that Nigeria’s leaders facing health challenges are actually getting the nation in the records of time, not forgetting the ordeal in the Era of late President Umar Yar’Adua?, it’s wasn’t really funny as some of us were forced to the street to request the detailed report about the health of the then president. Key players in the struggle under the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) includes; Femi Falana, Prof. Wole Soyinka, the Odumakin’s, pastor Tunde Bakare and many others.
This is yet another disheartening story, last year, on June 4 2016 precisely, many media outfits reported that the president was hospitalised at the State House Clinic. The president, reports say, has a disease that makes him unable to hear properly.
The condition, known as Ménière’s disease, also affects Buhari’s balance — meaning he could fall while trying to walk.
This situation many believed have come to rest, following the president’s declaration of sound health but earlier this year, there seems to be another uprising with many raising eyebrow over uncertainty of the president’s fitness to rule the black most populous country, no doubt, Vice – President Yemi Osinbajo has saved the Kastina born President from crises by choosing to be at the fore front of the battles to proffer solution to many issues facing the country, but there is a perceived return of cabals as it was during the reign of Late President Yar’Adua, hence, this time there is avoidance of repetition of the ugly incidence.
Party chieftains, dignitaries and people believe to be loyal to the Presidency are falling out with the continuous secrecy of the President’s health, just recently, the founding chairman of the ruling All progressive congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, took a very rare step to speak up on the perturbed development, ?an extract of his statements reads, “To avoid the ugly consequences of letting President Buhari’s ailments throw Nigeria into confusion, I am urging all Nigerians to begin to pray for his divine healing and perfect recovery. “Let me warn today that those who wish to harvest political gains out of the health of the President are mistaken. This is not Nigeria of 1993. We are in a new national and global era of constitutionality and order. We hope Nigerians have enough patience to learn from history. “My greatest fear, however, is that the country should not be allowed to slide into anarchy and disorder of a monumental proportion.”
The much vibrant Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) haven’t leave any matter unattended to, ACF however frowned at the unhealthy statement credited to Akande over President Buhari’s health.
Other advocates for transfer of power from Late President Yar’Adua to former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan have also spoken up on the issue, just recently, Professor Wole Soyinka asked, “Why is the president hiding his state of health? He’s supposed to understand he’s public property, me I’m still private property, that’s why I’m not in Aso Rock,”. Also lending his voice, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) advised the President to take an immediate medical leave, Falana in a statement said, “When President Muhammadu Buhari was recently in the United Kingdom on a medical vacation, which lasted 49 days, many public officers said that he was ‘hale and hearty.’ But upon his return to the country, President Buhari disclosed that he had never been that sick in his entire life,”.
As a concerned Nigerian and a realist, it’s normal to fall sick and it’s more important to pay attention to any ailment as popularly said that, health is wealth, for the President needed at this critical moment of the country, only with sound health would he coordinate the affair if not, the cabals would take advantage of the unhealthy status of the Grand commander in Chief of the Federal Republic and override the constituted powers to add to the misery, if there is anyone that wants the president dead, it is actually those that would prevent him for taking a break to rest and concentrate on recovery, and not keeping the aging man at the detriment of their parochial interest.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Eniola Opeyemi writes.
(eniolaopeyemi@gmail.com)
