The Nobel laureate Wole
Soyinka wants President Muhammadu Buhari to declare his health status
immediately in order to put a stop to speculations and the attendant
political manipulations.
“Why is the President
hiding his state of health? He’s supposed to understand he’s public
property. Me I’m still private property, that’s why I’m not in Aso
Rock,” Soyinka declared yesterday in Lagos.
He spoke on the theme Sacred cow.
He
added: “Once you are in Aso Rock, or you occupy a similar position, you
have a responsibility to come out frankly to your citizens.
“Guarding your state of health like Donald Trump is guarding his tax returns is not what we expect from a Nigerian president.”
Presidency officials declined to respond to Soyinka’s call when contacted yesterday.
A
Presidency source said it was not the first time Soyinka was making the
demand and that since the Presidency didn’t react the first time, it
would not react now.
Edited from The Nation