The presidency on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari is fit to run again in 2019.
Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters, Alhaji Abdulrahman Sulaiman Kawu Sumaila, stated this in a chat with newsmen in Kano.
Sumaila noted that it was a normal thing for an aged person like Buhari to fall sick.
Sumaila said only competent medical experts could ascertain whether the president was fit or not to run for the seat come 2019.
According to him, the issue of president’s health status was not a new thing, adding that many things had been said about his health condition since the very first time he contested for president in 2003.
“I am confident that President Buhari will recover and continue to steer the affairs of this country to complete his first tenure and re-contest for the second one in 2019,” he said.
On reports that former Kano state governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso may contest again for presidency in 2019, Sumaila said Buhari would be waiting for whoever is eyeing the position.
“Kwankwaso has contested alongside Buhari in the 2015 presidential election and he had seen the consequences of his action. So, let him try it again,” he said.
