President Muhammadu
Buhari’s health status will determine whether or not he will seek re-election
in 2019, the Presidency has said.
The
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said
this in an interview.
“Yes, health is wealth.
Health is wealth. The president is not a frivolous person. If he thinks that
his health cannot carry anything, he will not do it. So, of course, his health
will matter a lot. It will be very important, but we need to give the glory to
God for the way he is now.
“Every
day you see the president, you see a glow about him; you see freshness about
him. I think he’s even in a better state than when he came in 2015. It’s all to
the glory of God.
“So,
once he assesses that his health can carry it, there’s nothing wrong if he
steps into the fray. But he has the final decision,” Adesina said.
The
presidential spokesman denied a media report that Buhari had appointed
Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi as director general for his re-election
campaign.
Adesina
said the president could not have appointed an election campaign director
general, when he had not become a flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress.
Responding
to a question on the calls on Buhari to do the Mandela option of four years
only, Adesina said: “Of course, this is a democracy. People will always have a
right to their opinion. You know one thing about democracy is that there is
multiplicity of opinion. So, those who believe in the Mandela option, it is
their right. And it is also the right of the president to run or not to run.
So, you don’t abridge the right of anybody under a democracy.”
- Daily Trust
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