Unfazed by the recent tongue-lashing he received from the seat of power over his alleged unguarded utterances, the political maverick has said that the presidency is not telling Nigerians the entire truth concerning President Buhari’s health.
On Sunday, Shehu Garba, a Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, had described Junaid as a habitual abuser of leaders and, therefore, warned Nigerians to be “wary of prejudiced and biased critics like Dr. Junaid Mohammed who are more interested in personal publicity than respecting facts and figures about their claims…”
On Monday, however, Junaid joined issues with Garba saying, “I believe Shehu is under pressure which is why he attacked me. However, I believe strongly they need to stop lying to Nigerians about Mr President’s health. Can they actually tell Nigerians what this medical leave or routine check-up is? They don’t seem to be telling us the truth.”
In the Monday statement authored by Junaid, there were also highlights of what he considered essential shortcomings of the Buhari-led administration. He said, “I think the question the President needs to ask himself is that after one year he has taken over the reigns of power, what has changed? Is Nigeria better off than when he took over on May 29, 2015? The truth is that Nigeria is worse off today than when Buhari took over the reigns of power.
“Every Nigerian today is worse off and nothing seems to be working under this government. Some who are rich in 2015 cannot say same today due to the economic woes that Nigeria is presently experiencing and we cannot continue to close our eyes off it,” he added.
Junaid would have no more of Buhari’s excuses saying, “By now, his administration should have stopped blaming the Jonathan government for their woes. I believe that in Politics, you take assets and liabilities”.
Well known for his acidic comments on successive administrations, Junaid it was who went public with a long list of President Buhari’s alleged relatives appointed into sensitive government positions. The presidency is yet to dispute the allegations.
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