Presidency Offers Truce to President Buhari’s Critics

The Presidency says it has forgiven those who made unpleasant remarks about the health of President Muhammadu Buhari while he was away in London on a medical vacation.

Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu disclosed this in an exclusive interview with Voice of Nigeria shortly after the return of President Buhari on Saturday.

Shehu called on such people to join hands with government in order to take the country to the next level.

“We don’t want say that they should feel ashamed of themselves. We don’t want to drag this thing. The fact that they had made predictions that have now turned out not to be true, spreading falsehood in the process, we still forgive them, they are Nigerians like ourselves. Let them join the train and lets continue the journey. This country does not need bickering and bitterness over such issues, so we look forward to their joining hands with the government so that whatever objectives we have set for the country would be realized,” he said.

Garba Shehu said things still went well even in the absence of the President because the Acting President did very well.

“The situation where the President is not on his seat is not normal. We haven’t had him for quite some time now but things went very well for the country because the Acting President, ministers and heads of agencies he left behind, all did their job very well,” the Presidential Spokesperson said.

He said he was extremely happy at the return of the President and wished him well as he continues to direct the affairs of the nation.

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