BUHARI NOT CRITICALLY ILL, NOT IN HOSPITAL, SAYS LAI
MOHAMMED
|
T
|
he Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari
is neither critically ill nor in life threatening situation and there is no
cause for alarm.
The minister
reiterated this position on Monday in Umuahia at the second town hall meeting
for the South East and the launch of national reorientation campaign, “Change
Begins With Me’’ in Abia.
The minister, who was
asked to tell the country about the health condition of the president and
whether there was need for a regular briefing on his health stressed that there
was no reason for such briefings.
Mohammed
disclosed that the president spoke with him on Saturday in the afternoon and
there was no reason for Nigerians to be worried. “ I can say here very boldly
and confidently that there is absolutely no cause for alarm. “`Mr president
called me at 2.43 p.m. on Saturday and we spoke.
“If Mr president is in the hospital or is critically ill, as
minister of information, I will give daily bulletin on his health. “Mr
president is neither critically ill nor in the hospital and there is nothing
life threatening about the checks he is going through,’’ he said.
Speaking on the state of the economy, the minister said that
it was corruption that made the prices of commodities to go up. He noted that
no economy in the world could survive the blind and reckless looting
perpetrated by the previous administration. READ MORE
Comments