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

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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.”