Speaking in the state, Sani said Buhari cannot hold Nigerians to ransom with his health condition as there were other people better positioned to lead Nigeria.
He noted that those playing with the health condition of the President were only bent on destroying the nation and the President himself.
According to Sani, “In whatever situation of life, health matters and you cannot lead without proper health. You cannot be a dictator or mentor without proper and adequate health. And you cannot think and do the right thing without health.
“Let’s look at Nigeria as a whole that comprises over 180 million people, inasmuch as the leader (Buhari) is incapable based on his health status, let us follow the rule of law constitutionally for him to resign.
“His incapacitation cannot take us anywhere. It is better for him to resign. I can call him my father because he was a school mate to my late father, Shehu Sani, at the Government College, Katsina. But the truth is the Nigerian constitution should not be manipulated to favour one person.
“If we want to be fair to ourselves, he should resign, he is not the only one that can lead Nigeria to the right direction. Let him resign and go back to his family so that he can receive proper medications so that he will be free from the burden of tension from Nigerians and recover.”
Sani’s call is coming on the heels of a remark by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina that his principal will not resign and that those asking him to do so, were merely expressing their opinions. (Daily Post)
PMB is a person of integrity and dignity. He has proven that he is a man of his promise and adheres satisfactorily to his political leadership mandate and party manifestos.It is not unusual to find individuals from within who are bent upon derailing these expectations for self gratification, even some ‘fake’ individuals to sabotage the efforts.
His health is largely physical, not psychological, hence the delegation of his vice to run the outgoing operations. Where executive decision prevails, he is a man not to lead the nation wrong. Nigerians continue to witness some elements of transparency to the Change agenda. The only issue of concern is more visible and informative follow up to every aspect of the change as it emerges – a situation that calls for more robust and dignified sharing of conduct, processes and outcomes of individual ministries and departments for progressive information. More importantly is the stagnation of some of these vital ministries and departments’ failure or ineptitude, to come up with any form of progress report since the administration. One may wonder what comes up at the FEC meetings, which started actively at the beginning of the administration, but now rendered dormant because of the Executive’s ill health. This should not be an excuse for continuing active participation in nation-building. In normal cases of public administration, the ‘absence’ of the Executive is no reason for abdication of role and or, responsibility – there must be a continuum to be consistently applied in all situations. Adaptability to, and adoption of, changing circumstances is integral not only to change (constant), but to keep momentum and machinery of public administration going. One primary critical deduction of how the nation is being administered at the moment can be likened to a classroom of ‘delinquent’ pupils who only deem fit their role and responsibilities when the ‘teacher’ is present. It is a loud cry to know that a high percentage of ministers and attendees at the recent monthly FEC meeting were absent. This calls for disciplinary actions, in a corporate situation. This makes a critical thinker to check the possibility and probability deductions that can be alluded to such flagrant ‘body language’. Are they questioned for their absence; what were the justifications for absence? would it be a recurring pattern until the President is ‘actively’ present?
There is no pressing need for the President to resign, he has things in place to run the machinery of the nation. It is a reflective phase for all those charged with revising and redeeming Nigeria’s democracy. The big question is whether the relevant cabinet and executive administrative members are conformist and compliant, in the name of progressive governance of Nigeria. A surprise there has been no ‘African spring or summer’, but there are significant indicators towards this, if we continue to ‘pussy-foot’ about doing the right things by eschewing self gratification, nepotism, tribal, religious differences, blatant corruption; to represent the best interests of Africa as a whole, and Nigeria, specifically. Citing what the late Nelson Mandela once claimed: Africa will not be respected until Nigeria is respected.