Presidential adviser on media and publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has not decided on whether to contest in the 2019 election.
Adesina said this while speaking on president Buhari’s state of health, he said Buhari has improved tremendously since his return from medical vacation, adding that the president is presently in a better state of health than in 2015, to seek re-election.
Buhari left Nigeria on May 7, for the second round of his medical treatment in London, and returned to Abuja on Aug. 19, 2017, after a successful medical vacation. The presidential aide disclosed “Yes, health is wealth. The president is not a frivolous person. If he thinks that his health cannot carry anything, he will not do it.
According to him “So, of course, his health will matter a lot. It will be very important but we need to give glory to God for the way he is now.
He disclosed that the Buhari-led administration would continue to ensure the conduct of acceptable elections in the country as the president had vowed to consolidate free and fair elections in Nigeria.
Adesina reiterated, ”recently conducted elections across the country where the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) participated but failed to win, he stated “It was not like that in the past when a certain party was in power. They won all the elections that held in states. “But you saw Anambra. Just this weekend, you saw a senatorial election there. Some months ago in November, you saw the governorship election. “If APC had wanted to overrun Anambra using federal might, it would have done that and it would win the election.
“Election was held in Bayelsa under this administration, APC didn’t win it. Ondo, APC won fair and square. Kogi, it won fair and square. Where APC wins, it wins. Where it loses, it loses. He added “That’s the attitude of the president. Your party doesn’t have to win by hook or crook,’’ he added.
Adesina maintained that the president has not decided to run for re-election as the whistle had not been blown for such activities by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
