The Social Democratic Party, SDP, and the African Democratic Congress, ADP, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to apologise to Nigerians for his prolonged medical vacation.
President Buhari returned to Nigeria on Saturday after 104 days in London.
He addressed the country in a national broadcast yesterday.
Reacting, ADC National Chairman, Chief Okey Nwosu, described the broadcast as “depressing.”
He said: “We have to thank God that our President came back healthy and strong but I must say that the President’s speech was very depressing. And this goes to show the nature of people around him. When we have so many sycophants who have taken over power that is what you get.
“For somebody who was out of the country for over one hundred days and you came back to meet the people that you promised so much during your election, you will look at them in the face and say ‘sorry, nature seems to be taking its course, please bear with me and thank Nigerians for their prayers’ because it is not his will.”
Also, National Publicity Secretary of the SDP, Alfa Mohammed, said the the broadcast was “worrisome” having failed to mention some key issues like restructuring the country.
He said, “We have listened to Mr President’s speech carefully. While we commend his resolve to address the worrisome economic situation of the country and invigorate the fight against terrorism and ethic violence, we disagree with him on the sensitive issue of the widespread call for the restructuring of the nation particularly in relation to the devolution of more powers to the federating units and the correction of the imminent structural imbalance.
“This issue of restructuring we reason is fundamental to the peace and unity of our great country, and pretending otherwise is like postponing the dooms day. Directing agitators of the nation’s restructure to the council of state or the National Assembly where it was killed during the constitutional review exercise amounts to not appreciating the enormity of neglecting the loud cry of the victims of the status quo.”
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