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President
Muhammadu Buhari declared,
yesterday, that his age will not affect
his job as president of Nigeria.
He said that at 72 he has in quantum,
the wisdom, the patience, the
temperance and forbearance that
age brings and has brought all these
virtues to the presidency to make a
difference in our national life.
The president said this ,yesterday, in
Abuja, in response to reports
quoting him as saying while
addressing the Nigerian community
in Johannesburg, South Africa, that
his age will limit his performance.
A statement by his Special Adviser
on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi
Adesina, said the president’s
comments in South Africa were
totally taken out of context to mean
that he was too old for the demands
of the office.
The Presidency spoke as Governor
Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State urged
Nigerians not to politicize the issue,
saying that the time for political
campaigns was well past. He rather
asked Nigerians to pray for the
President for him to have the grace
to execute the demands of his office.
The governor’s assertion came as a
fringe group in the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, which called
itself the PDP Media Watchdogs
demanded the President’s
resignation upon comments made
in South Africa on Monday night.
The PDP Media Watchdogs was
immediately disowned by the
mainstream PDP which claimed
ignorance of the group, saying that
the language of the group was
strange to the party’s posture, which
is to only engage in healthy
opposition to the administration.
The PDP nevertheless, said that the
PDP Media Watchdogs may have
been instigated by the kind of bitter
language used by the All
Progressives Congress, APC, against
former President Goodluck Jonathan
while he was in power.
The ruling APC equally chided the
PDP Media Watchdogs, describing
their call as the product of deliberate
mischief and a result of their
members’ poor understanding of the
English language.
Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi
Adesina, clarifying remarks given by
the President to the Nigerian
community in Johannesburg in a
statement titled- “Like Good Wine,
President Buhari Gets Better With
Age”, said:
“On Monday evening, President
Muhammadu Buhari spoke with the
Nigerian community at the Nigerian
Consulate in Johannesburg, South
Africa.
“Speaking extempore, because
according to him, he wanted to
“speak from the heart,” the President
urged them to be good ambassadors
of Nigeria, a country he went to the
war front to keep together.
“Still extolling the virtues of our
country, Nigeria, the President, who
had served as a military governor of
the then North-Eastern State at 33
years old, declared: ”I wish I became
Head of State when I was a
governor. Now at 72, there is a limit
to what I can do.”
“The above comments have been
reported by some newspapers to
mean that the President was saying
he was too old to cope with the
demands of his office.





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Make I hear word abeg

Who we go ask? U bn think say military head of state is the same thing with civilian president. As a president u go fly around tire. Cos u go dey relate with both international and national government.

its already affecting it, are you behaving normal Bushari

Old age WILL affect this old geezer's job.Old age means old/stale ideas,inefficient or limited mobility and slowness to adapt to fast changing environments.

Great nations are led by young,vibrant guys like Obama,Cameron and Helle Thorning-Schmidt of Denmark.All the great startups like Google,Facebook and Tesla have all been started by young guys .

Old dullard Buhari facts are against you and hard facts respect no president.

It's amazing how Fayose has suddenly developed sense. I don't think it's because elections are over. The question is; would he have been sounding reasonable if GEJ won the election?

Amen. We ma dey pray so sir. But remember that aging is a process even prayer doesn't reverse. Nature always takes its toll sooner or later. It can't be cheated. May God help your life oh and those of us too wey you dey lead in this blessed nation.

I was also furious when I heard about it because non-performance this time is not an option at all. PMB should have realised that there are some statements that can cause serious controversy irrespective of whether the statements were meant to convey a positive message or a message not meant to hurt anybody. As the president, you're the cynosure of all eyes and should always critically consider any word you utter. GEJ was so much guilty of this getting numerous backlash by Nigerians and I expected that PMB should have learnt from this.

3ace:
It's amazing how Fayose has suddenly developed sense. I don't think it's because elections are over. The question is; would he have been sounding reasonable if GEJ won the election?

I wonder why some people cannot be sensible for once, …………….what concerns Fayose in this matter?, is he now Buhari?.

Jirate:
I wonder why some people cannot be sensible for once, …………….what concerns Fayose in this matter?, is he now Buhari?.

Mumu, it is either you're starved with the ability to comprehend properly or you belong to the category of people whom the white hide things from by putting it in a book.