Member representing Epe Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Segun Olulade has said that those raising issues over President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s health are doing so because they do not wish him well and calculating towards 2019 political scheming.<\/p>\n
Olulade in a statement issued on Thursday, explained that Nigerians need to mind things that are more important to the nation than dissipating too much energy over the health of the President which has been described as \u201cnot as bad as being portrayed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lawmaker, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Health Services, noted that while it is normal to get worried over the health of the President, \u201cour attitudes towards the subject goes a long way to define our patriotism to our country.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone should be genuinely concerned about Buhari\u2019s health and part of our patriotic duties as citizens is to pray more for his recovery and talk less in the negative about our President\u2019s health condition,\u201d the statement read in part.<\/p>\n
Speaking further, the lawmaker maintained that in as much as Buhari still fulfils constitutional provisions around functionality of his office, the nation should not panic, adding that \u201ceach time the President goes for medical purpose, we have a very competent vice acting in President\u2019s capacity and as a result, we should bother more on economic progress and unity of our country so we can step-up developments.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s bother more on performance of our Ministers; let\u2019s be concerned more about how many viable bills are passed at the National Assembly in the interest of growth and development.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe passage of 2017 budget, which is still hanging should bother us more as citizens whose lives are affected positively or negatively by these performances, and not debates over Buhari\u2019s health.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese days, I am worried about how issues around Mr President\u2019s health have become so topical that discussions around it are given so much energy above other pertinent issue. The constitution is clear, if President Buhari can no longer function, he will quit.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Nigerians need to worry more about lose money being discovered at every corner and as well bother about speedy trials of pending celebrated corruption trials that seem not ending even as this administration is half its tenure,\u201d Olulade said.<\/p>\n
He, however, pointed out that it is in the interest of the nation to pray for Buhari\u2019s quick recovery \u201cbecause he is a Messiah God has sent to sanitise this nation of extreme economic and financial corruptions that have been undermining our growth as a nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cGlobally, leaders in government travel for medical reason and making huge mountain out of it will only distract the nation from giving prominence to what are actually more critical in our polity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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