Tinubu is hale and hearty, presidency speaks amid ‘ill-health suspicion’

The presidency has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is hale and hearty, insisting that he embarked on a working visit vacation to Paris, France.

The presidency reacted to ‘ill-health’ speculations by some opposition presidential candidates, particularly Mr Peter Obi of.the National Democratic Congress, NDC.

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In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Sunday, said Tinubu is hale and hearty.

Onanuga explained that the President’s trip to France afforded him opportunity to see engage investors and must not be physically present in Abuja to carry out his duty.

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He cited Tinubu’s meeting with investors in France last week where he facilitated a $7 billion deep-sea port in Ogun Waterside, an initiative of the Ogun State Government.

Speaking on why Tinubu was absent from the 81st United Nations meeting in New York, Onanuga pointed out that Tinubu was not the only President from Africa that was absent at United Nations General Assembly.

The statement read, “Nigeria’s President is hale and hearty. He has been on a working vacation, which he is perfectly entitled to. In this digital age, he does not need to be physically present in Abuja to do the work for which he was elected in 2023.

“Two other important African leaders were not in New York for the UNGA: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Ramaphosa booked himself off public engagements. Johannesburg and Pretoria made no uproar over Ramaphosa’s absence at UNGA. And Egypt did not erupt that Sisi did not go to New York.

Onanuga said the President announced that he was going on vacation and delegated attendance to the Vice President.

“Yet Peter Obi pretends to be unaware of President Tinubu’s whereabouts and asks the puerile question his followers are asking on X.

“President Tinubu will return home this week to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary and honour MKO Abiola, the martyr of the democracy we enjoy today, by attending the premiere of a movie in MKO’s memory in Lagos.”

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