President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken to the Katsina state governor, Aminu Bello Masari on phone.
File photo of President Buhari and Governor Masari of Katsina state
This was disclosed by the governor when he granted an interview to the VOA Hausa.
According to the governor, praying for the success of the president is a mandate for all meaningful Nigerians.
The governor also directed the Emir of Katsina and his Daura counterpart to engage in special prayers for the president.
His words:
‘’On Saturday I spoke with the president on phone, he is hale and
hearty. All those castigating rumors on the health condition of the
president should think twice and change their mindset.
‘’The
president is on vacation for medical check-up which is in line with the
Nigerian constitution where he assigned all the responsibility to his
vice at full autonomy pending when he comes back.
‘’Therefore,
the president did not break any law by leaving for medical vacation.
Last Wednesday I called the Emir of Daura and that of Katsina directing
them to engage in special prayers for the president, which they did
during Friday session prayers.”
He continued: ‘’We
will not stop praying for the president, we shall keep praying till
Almighty Allah answers our prayers. Praying for a leader is a mandate to
every Nigerian irrespective of religion. Both scriptures direct us to
pray for our leaders.”
He concluded by appealing to all Nigerians to pray for President Buhari to succeed in good health and safe return to Nigeria.
Masari is the second governor the president has spoken to from London where he is on medical vacation
where he thanked Nigerians for all their prayers.
Meanwhile,
the former acting governor of Taraba state, Alhaji Garba Umar has
denied media reports that he was paid millions of naria as pension and
severance gratuity by the state government.
Alhaji
Umar made the clarification in a statement sent to NAIJ.com and signed
by the head of the former governor's media office, Ahmed Balla Gassol.
The
statement affirmed that Alhaji Umar did not collect a kobo as pension
neither did he and his appointees collecte severance gratuity from the
state government.
Gassol said the official vehicles
of Alhaji Umar were illegally withdrawn by the then acting governor,
Sani Abubakar Danladi who reportedly paid himself millions of naria as
benefits before leaving office.
He
stated that the state government under Governor Dairus Ishaku has
refused to recognize Alhaji Umar as a deputy governor and subsequently
acting governor of the state.
He
described Governor Ishaku’s refusal to recognize the two years
administration of Alhaji Umar as a disservice to history and posterity.
Gassol
further said if former governor Danbaba Suntai and Danlandi were paid
their severance allowances, Governor Ishaku should shun political,
religion and ethnic myopicness to pay Alhaji Garba Umar and his
political appointees.
He stressed that
its morally wrong for Governor Ishaku to be benefiting from a regime he
has refused to recognize, honour and punished anyone associated to it.
“Its
a fact that Alhaji Garba Umar piloted the affairs of Taraba state for
two years under which ever circumstances, he governed and his humble
efforts today are bringing good tides to the state,” he added
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