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President Muhammadu Buhari
was on Friday absent at the Juma’at service held inside the Presidential Villa,
Abuja.
The President has been
joining Muslim faithful for the prayers inside a mosque near his office since
he stopped attending the service at the National Mosque, Abuja.
Three state governors who
apparently planned to join Buhari for the prayers were however present.
The governors who attended
the prayer session included Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun); Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara);
and Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano).
The governors had on Thursday
joined their colleagues for a meeting of the National Economic Council at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
No official reason has
been given for Buhari’s absence at the prayer session at the time of filing
this report.
It will, however, be
recalled that the Presidency had on Thursday said as eager as the President
wanted to be up and about, his doctors have advised him to take things slowly.
In the statement by the
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,
the Presidency, however, assured Nigerians that there is no need for
apprehension over the state of health of the President.
While saying that the
President himself on his return to the country made Nigerians aware of the
state of his health while he was in London, Shehu said full recovery is
sometimes a slow process, requiring periods of rest and relaxation, as the
Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, intimated in his press
briefing after the FEC meeting on Wednesday.
He added, “Despite his
lack of visibility, Nigerians should rest assured that President Buhari has not
abdicated his role as Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria. He receives daily
briefings on the activities of government and confers regularly with his Vice
President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
“His private residence, in
which he has been spending the majority of his time recently, also has a fully
equipped office.
“God is the giver of life
and health. We are grateful that He has seen our President through the worst
period of his convalescence in London.
“We are thankful that the
President has passed a number of benchmarks already. We pray that God continues
to see him through this period of recuperation.”
Credit: www.shipsandports.com.ng
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