Yar’adua recovering well –Yuguda

Written by Daily Trust Wednesday, 24 March 2010

ShareBauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda yesterday urged Nigerians not to foreclose President Umaru Musa Yar’adua’s return to power saying the president is recovering well and will soon bounce back.

Yuguda, who was at the State House Abuja to meet with Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, spoke with journalists after his one hour meeting with Jonathan.

The Bauchi governor was one of eight governors who met with Jonathan in connection with the list of new ministers.

Yuguda, who is Yar’adua’s son-law, however, did not whether he had contact with the ailing president.

Asked whether he has seen the president, he said “President is recovering well.”

President Yar’adua has not been seen in public since he left for Saudi Arabia in November 23, 2009 and after his return into the country about a month ago.

On his expectation on the new cabinet, Yuguda said he expects the acting president to select a team that can drive the economy as fast as possible.

“I will expect him to select a team that can drive the economy as fast as possible so that we can refocus and ensure that we are on course as far as vision 2020 is concerned”

He said the government is moving ahead with the programme of President Yar’adua.

Yuguda also described the suggestion by Libyan President’s Muammar Gaddafi for Nigeria to be divided, as a big joke made out of ignorance.

He said frontline African leaders, like Gaddafi, who was chairman of AU, should study the countries that are in the continent and understand such countries better before making “such outrageous comments.”