A
former minister and presidential aspirant, Obi Ezekwesili has called for the
setting up of a medical panel to examine President Buhari’s mental state.
Ezekwesili,
Buhari’s staunch critic, made the call on the micro-blogging site, Twitter,
Sunday, November 29, against the backdrop of massacre in North east, banditry
and kidnapping around the country.
The
constitution normally empowers the National Assembly to create such a panel,
where a president, because of ill-health is unable to do his job.
But
Ezekwesili in a Twitter thread, said “we the people”, as Nigerians can also
push for such medical empanelling.
See tweets below
“I think that
at this stage and depth of fragility of the Nigeria-State, Privacy has to yield
ground to our Right-to-know as citizens, the state of health of @MBuhari.
I think that at this stage and depth of fragility of the Nigeria-State, Privacy has to yield ground to our Right-to-know as citizens, the state of health of @MBuhari .
We really must assess the physical or mental capability of @NGRPresident to carry on the duties of office.✍?
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 29, 2020
“Citizens can
collectively push for an Independent Panel to help us make the critical medical
determination of the state of mind and body of our President, @MBuhari .
“The conditions
of Nigeria have become too grave for us all to sit still and watch a train
wreck in the making.
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“As an
extremely concerned citizen, I hereby demand for a #MedicalPanelOnBuhari since
we obviously cannot trust the State House Physician to provide us accurate
information.
“It is
reasonable demand now for citizens to have full disclosure on the state of
health of @MBuhari,” she
wrote about President Buhari.
