The nation’s Information Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has defended his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari over his health and his transparency to Nigerians about it.
The Information Minister who spoke to newsmen after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting held yesterday and presided over by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo in the absence of the president reminded Nigerians that the president had been truthful in saying he had never been this sick.
He further attributed the president’s absence from the meeting to him taking the advise of his medical doctors as he said: “The President told the nation he has never been this sick and he is going to take it easy. He said it from day one when he came back from the UK.
“So whatever is happening today is not any strange development, it is exactly what he said – that he has been advised to take it easy by his doctors and that he will soon also go back for further treatment.
“I don’t think it’s anything different from what he has said. He has been quite transparent and upfront in matters concerning his health.”