President Muhammadu Buhari
A civil rights movement, Concerned Nigerians, has given the
Presidency two weeks ultimatum within which President Muhammadu Buhari
should conduct a media chat to address the nation on the state of his
health and other national issues, Punch reported.
The group said failure by the President to address the issue will
result in total shut down of the country through a series of nationwide
peaceful processions and call for his resignation from office.
This was contained in a six-paragraph statement released on Saturday and entitled: “We will shut down Nigeria if Buhari does not conduct a media chat in two weeks”, signed by its Convener, Deji Adeyanju and Secretary, Dr. John Danfulani.
The CN said that for several weeks, the health of the President had
been the source of speculation, as he had neither appeared in public
nor attend several official functions, including Federal Executive
Cabinet meetings.
The statement reads: “The handling of the situation relating to
President Buhari’s health has led to a lot of political uncertainty in
the country. This economic uncertainty has, in turn, led to a lot of
economic uncertainty as major economic stakeholders and players are
unable to make short, middle and long-term economic decisions.
“Furthermore, the uncertainty about President Buhari’s health
is stoking ethnic and religious tensions. Only recently a user of the
social networking site – Facebook – threatened to kill 200 innocent
Nigerians if President Buhari dies. This threat may not be unconnected
with rumours making rounds in the northern parts of the country that
President Buhari was poisoned.
“To this end, we call on President Buhari to, as a matter of
urgency, publicly address the nation on the state of his health and
other national issues. Such an address will go a long way in assuaging
the socio-economic and political tensions.
“If President Buhari fails or refuses to address the nation
within 14 days of this statement, we will commence a series of
nationwide peaceful processions calling on President Buhari to resign
from office. The processions will also call on the Federal Executive
Council and the National Assembly to set up a committee to assess his
health in line with Section 144 of the Constitution if he fails or
refuses to do so.
“While we recognise that illnesses can afflict anyone,
particularly someone of President Buhari’s age, an occupant of the
Office of the President has to be more forthcoming with information
regarding his health. It is an obligation that the President bears to
conduct himself in a manner that does not affect the peace, order and
good governance of the country.”
While wishing President Buhari a speedy recovery from the
illnesses that plague him, CN, however, believed that “he can no longer
recover in a manner that plagues the entire country.”
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