Following the political horse trading ahead of 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari, has said that his health is more important to him, than jostling for the 2019 Presidency.
This statement came against the backdrop of fear among the Northerners, that Buhari who has been battling with health challenges, may die in office, just like former Presidents, Sani Abacha and Umar Yar’Adua.
Buhari who spoke through the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Oyegun, on Monday, in Abuja, while addressing the media on the midterm scorecard of the All Progressives Congress-led, APC, administration, called on Nigerians to pray for his speedy recovery.
Recall, that Buhari has for weeks been undergoing medical treatment in the United Kingdom, UK, for undisclosed ailment that has affected his health badly.
While speaking, Oyegun said: “The thinking that ‘will he be President in 2019’, is really not doing any good, his need today is good health. When we get to 2019, it is for him to decide, if he wants to run, or if he doesn’t want to run, and to consult the party on his decision.”
He added: “If he wants to run, good, and if he doesn’t want to run, the country isn’t bereft, the party isn’t bereft of capable hands”, he said.
However, Oyegun said the issue of the candidacy of the party in the 2019 Presidential election, was not a priority now, but that what was important was for all to pray for God to restore the President to robust, good health.
According to him: “Why build bridges if there is no river to cross? Why don’t you wait until you come across a river then you build a bridge. With all due respect, for what it stands for, what is critical today is that our prayer is our good Lord will restore the president to robust, good health; that is the first thing.
“But the prime thing that he will be considering today isn’t to think of 2019. It is to have his health fully restored and I am sure he will give anything just to have his health restored. Let’s terminate it at that point; when 2019 comes we will deal with the issues that arise.”
When asked to comment on the alleged frosty relationship between the Presidency and the party leadership, Oyegun denied alienating himself from the seat of power, but said he was always in good communication with Buhari.
He said: “I have done a lot of things with the President in the past. I have known him from the civil service days; I have known him from the Military Head of State days. I was one of his close Aides. So let them enjoy themselves and pose for photograph. That isn’t the issue. The issue is that we communicate, and the relationship is cordial.”
Oyegun described Buhari as a man who does not like to be in the crowd, and one who has resolved not to dip his hands into public treasury to fund party activities.
He said as far as the party was concerned, the President’s uncompromising stance on corruption, was a major contribution to the change agenda.
The National Chairman, also spoke of the state of the country’s economy, and what efforts were being made to get it out of recession, in order to reduce the hardship of Nigerians.
He said the APC-led administration, was making renewed efforts to revamp the power sector, which was intended to correct all the current abnormalities affecting the electricity sector.
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