It is completely normal for any human being to get sick from time to time. It is a reminder that we are mortals’. Mr. President is a mortal who can be sick at a split of seconds; he is not a super human. However, I think why his health condition is becoming a national debate to some sorts is because of the kind of system of government we run. A presidential system of government presupposes that the entire administration is centered on just a ‘person’; this is unlike the parliamentary system of government.
Again, the presidential media aids are not helping matters as they are keeping the health condition of Mr President secret, creating room for speculations among Nigerians as to what has happened to the man they elected as a leader. Sincerely, the President needs some medical holiday as suggested by some esteemed Nigerians and anybody denying him of such opportunity is an enemy of the President and the nation.
The people who are giving fake prophecy that if something happens to Mr President that the nation will be in a state of crisis, should go and sleep because nothing will happen, the heavens will not fall. Ours is a constitutional democracy and the document has detailed the conditions to follow in every situation. It is this kind of mentality that will make some people gather somewhere to decide the fate of Nigerians because they have ruled this country in the past, thus creating a mystical barricade around themselves when we have institutional framework that will handle crisis situations.
The health status of Mr President should not just be a family affairs because he is a public ‘property’ and the people of Nigeria deserve to know his health condition, so that when they pray, they know what they are actually praying for. If the President is sick, Nigeria is sick. Honestly the man should take a medical break; we have an able Vice President.
UWAKWE ROLAND
President Muhammadu Buhari has been absent from duty since the last few months on a purported medical checkup in London. Good a thing he legally transferred power to the Vice President who is now the acting President, this is unlike the imbroglio that played out during Yar’adua’s time when the National Assembly had to invoke the doctrine of necessity so as to effectively transfer power to then Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. The problem is that even as an acting President, Yemi Osinbanjo has limited powers to fully assume responsibility as the commander in chief, this is because most of the big government functionaries may still owe their loyalty to Mr President, couple with this, Buhari appointed people of his like minds who may not comfortably work with the acting President that will want to bring his knowledge of law and practice into governance. Hence the long absence of Mr President may eventually result to a slow down of democratic dividends. The above ...
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