Nigerians have been told to stop complaining about President
Muhammadu Buhari’s style of doing things
and accept him as he is since
they willingly voted for him.
This was the position of the president’s Special Adviser on Media and
Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina. He added that Buhari, having displayed his
style of doing things for over two years now, should be understood by
Nigerians.
Adesina made these comments in a phone interview with Channels
Television’s Sunrise Daily on Monday. He was responding to a question by
the electronic media on why Buhari is not thinking of addressing the
country in a video recording.
“It is a matter of personal style; there is no style that you can
call ‘the’ style. The style of our President is what you have seen on
display and by now two years after he came, I am sure that we should
understand him.
“We should know the kind of person he is; we should know how he prefers to do things and that is how the President is.
“That just tells you that that is the way our President is; we
elected him willingly and we have seen that this is the way he is,” was
the response of Adesina.
The question was sequel to a photo showing Buhari in a meeting with a
delegation of his party, All Progressives Congress (APC), comprising of
governors and led by the party’s national chairman, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun in London.
Insinuations that Buhari had been on life support were heightened
when Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose made the claim amid a situation
where neither photos nor videos of the president had emerged since his
long absence.
Many had doubted the authenticity of the Sallah message audio he was
reported to have sent out to Muslims in Hausa language and demanded that
either a video or photos showing the president be published to douse
tension over his health concerns.
Buhari left Nigeria for a follow-up treatment in London 78 days ago
having earlier spent 49 days in London for an ailment yet to be
disclosed.
