Buhari Should Declare His Health Status – Prof Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to disclose his state of health to Nigerians, stating that the President is a public property.

Soyinka at a forum in Lagos on Friday themed, ‘Sacred Cow’, described speculations surrounding the President’s true state of health as avoidable.

The Nobel laureate stated that Buhari’s failure to publicly disclose his state of health had increased political manipulations in the country.

Buhari was on Wednesday absent from the Federal Executive Council meeting and the Juma’at service at the mosque in the Presidential Villa on Friday.

Soyinka said, “Why is the President hiding his state of health? He’s supposed to understand he’s public property; me, I’m still private property, that’s why I’m not in Aso Rock.

“Once you are in Aso Rock, or you occupy a similar position, you have a responsibility to come out frankly to your citizens.

“Let him address the nation and stop all these speculations which create unnecessary political manipulations among other things.”

The renowned playwright also raised the alarm that his Abeokuta country home, Ogun State, had been invaded by herdsmen a second time and that the matter had been reported to the police.

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  1. You went and live in the forest that is why the visit you na

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  2. President Buhari simply doesn't want to involve the public on his health condition.

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  3. Buhari pls do the needful, just as you declared your assets then, declare your fitness now or we declare it for you
    #Believe

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  4. Hassan Aderemi29 April, 2017 11:15

    Honestly President is meant to be accountable to the public which include declaration of his health status.

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  5. Prof, you are right.

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  6. Hope he listens..

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  7. Presidency have started again. They should remember what happened during Late Ya'aradua administration.

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  8. Since you have tagged the formal president as "kindergarten " which brand name did you have for pmb?

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  9. That should be the best thing to do.

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  10. he said it as it is,no fulani herdsman should come near my daddy oo

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  11. Other should len voice to his own nah...

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