We love Buhari but… —Civil Society groups

A group of civil society organisations on Thursday expressed fears about the health condition of President Muhammadu Buhari who is seeking re-election.

The group numbering about 12, known as the Good Governance Campaign marched along the old toll gate end of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway demanding the health status of the President.

According to them, the physical and mental fitness of the leader of a country determines the development of the country.

The President of one of the CSOs, Equity and Justice Movement, Obatungashe Adebayo noted that the move by the CSOs was not to ridicule the President but an expression of love for him.

He said, “We want the President himself or his physicians to come out to tell us his state of health to be sure that the President is capable, and he can rule this country for the next four years when people give him the mandate.

Read also: Buhari has tried, it’s time to go home; we need someone who can work 24 hrs- Secondus

“We love him; we are not against him. What we are saying is that we love him the same way we love this country and we are stakeholders in the developmental agenda of this country.

“We cannot afford to see a leader that is sick and will not have the capacity to run this country the way it is supposed to be in the developmental programmes that have been outlined”.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now