The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said that President Muhammadu Buhari would address Nigerians on the Coronavirus pandemic when it is appropriate.
The Minister told journalists that President Buhari will address the nation at the appropriate time.
“When it is appropriate, Mr President will address the nation,” Mohammed said.
“But, I think what you want to hear from Mr President is the kind of things we are telling you.
“This is not to preempt or second guess Mr President, I think he will do the needful,” Mr Mohammed said at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday.
The FEC meeting was presided by President Buhari.
Following the confirmation of new cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19), Nigerians have been calling on the president to address the nation.
Many Nigerians have taken to social media to demand that the president address the country on the coronavirus and the country’s level of preparedness.
“Is @NGRPresident @MBuhari in hiding? What kind of morbid silence is this from the leader of a country that is experiencing a ratcheting up of health crisis? @NigeriaGov put the President in front of cameras to speak to his Citizens NOW. Leadership is not personal comfort,” a former minister Oby Ezekwesili wrote on Twitter.
The Senate also passed a resolution Wednesday calling on Mr Buhari to address the nation.
In many countries of the world, such as the U.S., UK, France, Italy, Ghana and South Africa, leaders are addressing their citizens and assuring them of efforts to limit the impact of the coronavirus.
