Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity has disclosed that sickness took eight months from his time in office in 2017.
The spokesman to the president made the statement during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Monday, April 2023.
While speaking on the accomplishments of the soon-to-be ex-president, Adesina revealed President Buhari struggled with health challenges that made him spend eight months on treatment in the United Kingdom.
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“When he fell sick in January 2017, he came back in March, went again in April and didn’t come back till August 19.
“About all, eight months. That sickness took eight months of his time in the office. Of course, nobody would like that but what we are glad about is that he came whole, sound and better than he went.”
Adesina added that despite the health setback of Mr President, he will be leaving Nigeria a better country than he met it.
