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Now that Buhari is back…

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August 30, 2017 2:55 am

President Muhammadu Buhari

THE greatest asset that a man can boast of is good health. The greatest sin a man can commit against his fellow being is to wish him dead; both Christian and Islamic religions attest to this.

Good health is the foundation of wealth. President Mohammadu Buhari has been off duty for more than three months.

He went to London, United Kingdom, on May 7, 2017 and came back on Saturday, August 19, 2017 to the warm embrace of jubilant supporters who thronged the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to catch a glimpse of the president.

Having said that, President Buhari should now put government on a faster gear. The times are hard for the common people. The average Nigerian finds it difficult to eat two times in a day.

Time is indeed running out for his government and his political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). If the party fails to win the 2019 general election, all the presumed gains of his government would not be reckoned with.

President Buhari should review his government’s policies and programmes in order to add value to the lives of the downtrodden who constitute the greater percentage of voters.

Nigerians love President Buhari; he should reciprocate this love by giving them quality governance. Now, more than ever, Nigerians need the dividends of democracy.

There is a saying in Yorubaland that if a person wants to know those who truly love him, he should close his eyes, pretending to be dead.

The various reports in the media about those who were allegedly jostling for the ailing president’s job come 2019 attest to the fact that he needs to tread with caution.

Sometime ago, the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, cried out against those she said did not want her husband’s administration to succeed. She said that those people needed to be booted out of the administration.

The First Lady is assumed to be closer to her husband. Therefore, she knew better and could not have been talking without substance.

The president should therefore look before he leaps. He should keep in mind the words of William Wordsworth (1770-1850). Wordsworth wrote: “Save me from my friends. As for my enemies, I will take care of them.”