I Didn’t Say I’m Too Old To Rule Nigeria – President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on
Wednesday spurned reports suggesting
he regretted that his age would in one
way of the other limit the extent to
which he could perform in office as
President.
The said reports in some national
dailies has interpreted what Buhari told
the Nigerian community at the
country’s Consulate in Johannesburg,
South Africa on Monday to mean the
President said he would have loved
being a President when he was at a
younger age.
But clarifying on what he actually
meant when he made reference to his
age, Buhari who said nothing could be
farther from the truth than the said
reports, stated that on the contrary “old
wines are tasty”.
Speaking through his Special Adviser on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina,
the President noted that the Buhari
Nigerians have in him today “is a man,
like old wine, that has got tastier.
“At 72, yes, he can’t be called a youth,
but he has in quantum the wisdom, the
patience, temperance and forbearance
that age brings”, Adesina added.
Recalling that the President himself had
rightly told the Nigerian community that
he was speaking extempore because he
wanted to “speak from the heart”,
Adesina said the Buhari was only
urging them “to be good ambassadors of
Nigeria, a country he went to the
warfront to keep together”.
In a statement on Wednesday, Adesina
said, “Still extolling the virtues of our
country, Nigeria, the President, who
had served as a military governor of
then North-Eastern State at 33 years old,
declared:
“The above comments have been
reported by some newspapers to mean
that the President was saying he was
too old to cope with the demands of his
office. Far from it”.
He added that the president has brought
all these virtues of wisdom, patience,
temperance and forbearance to the
presidency to make a difference in the
country’s national life.
Still recalling what Buhari sad, the
presidential spokesman said, “The
President assured the Nigerian
community in South Africa that his
Administration will make a positive
impact on the country. And that he
would do.”
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