The undisclosed health challenges
of President Muhammadu Buhari are affecting his ability to perform his duties.
The anonymous presidential told EReporters News that the president closes from
duty at 5pm daily, irrespective of the enormous duties that require his
attention.
The source also said that urgent
national issues that can benefit the country are left unattended to by the
President anytime from 5pm West African Time.
This has been a huge concern to so
many Nigerians. At this time, when every aspect of the building block that make
of the country is shaking, a medically fit president, who is capable to attend
to critical national matters promptly is needed now.
Recall that some concerned
Nigerians have raised their concerns about the inability of President Buhari to
function effectively and make critical decisions has lead to the dreaded
insecurity and the paralysed economy.
The source told SaharaReporters, “The
President is tired; it’s no more news that he has dementia, a mental sickness
that causes memory loss and impaired judgment.
“Currently, he won’t attend to
files till 10am and the moment it’s 5pm, he goes off duty. Even if Nigeria is
on fire, he won’t make any decision. Nobody can see him again except members of
the (Presidency) cabal and close family members. This is seriously affecting
his handling of national matters.”
“We were here when Goodluck
Jonathan was President; he would work till 11pm daily.”
Recall that recently, there was a
report that the President has medical situation called dementia and other conditions
that he is facing are undisclosed. The medical conditions have attributed to
his inability to perform his duty deficiently.
Meanwhile, it is not a crime for
someone, especially, a man of his age to be ill. However, it is now worrisome,
while the president has not handed over to his vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo,
while he attends to his health.
Remember that in 2015, President
Buhari jet out of the country at least seven documented times for treatment,
spending about 200 days since he assumed office in his first term.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic
prevented him from travelling abroad for medical treatment and the President left
for the UK on a two-week medical treatment on March 30, 2021 together with
his family members.
The fallout is that apart from
being unable to attend to urgent national issues and take significant decisions
for the country, the President is perceived also not to be in charge of his
government.
This has been evident with several
conflicting actions and rancour within his government.
According to SaharaReporters, in December
2020, contrary to claims by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari’s demenia
prevented him from visiting the scene of the abduction of over 300 school boys
from Kankara town in Katsina State, his home state.
A source had stated that the
President’s dementia affected him and made him to visit his livestock farm on
Saturday morning instead of visiting the school.
Dementia is a general term for loss
of memory, language and thinking abilities – a condition which may be caused by
the President’s old age or an undisclosed medical condition.
“The moment it happened on Friday
night, President Buhari was told. But due to dementia, he had forgotten,” the
source had said about why Buhari did not visit the school.
When the video of the President
visiting his farm surfaced the following Monday, the President’s spokesperson,
Shehu, had argued vehemently that the President was not aware as of Saturday
morning when he went to his farm.
Source (Saharareporters)
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