Dame Jonathan, a serving Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa, her home
state, was reportedly flown to a German specialist hospital two weeks
ago for an undisclosed medical treatment.
But the Presidency has kept mum over her health condition and whereabouts.
When
the media broke the sudden disappearance of Mrs. Jonathan from the
country, the Presidency was forced to admit that ‘she went to take a
rest’ but neither disclosed the country where she was observing the rest
nor when she was expected back at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa.
While
a section of the media speculated that she went for an operation,
others claimed she was admitted for food poisoning treatment.
But
Sunday Vanguard learnt yesterday that the condition of Dame Jonathan,
who was reported to be recuperating and expected back in the country
since last week, was still causing some concerns to her husband,
President Goodluck Jonathan, and her handlers.
It was gathered
that the Presidency had asked close associates and friends of the First
Lady to continue to render unceasing intercessory prayers for the woman
to recover from her ailment.
A source close to the Presidency
confirmed that the daily morning devotion, which Jonathan and her wife
usually attend at the Villa, is being used to offer special prayers for
the First Lady.
The source said, “The President, as you know, is a
very devoted person who has been praying for the wife and those of us
who are close to them do not stop to pray for her as well.
“Yesterday
(Friday), a special prayer session was conducted for her and we know
that God Almighty has already healed her of whatever is afflicting her
and that she will soon join us as she used to do every morning.”
There
were speculations, last night, that the woman would soon be back in the
country but none of the presidential spokespersons was willing to talk
on the issue.
Calls put to Dr. Reuben Abati, the Presidential
Media Adviser and Dr. Doyin Okupe, the Special Adviser on Public
Affairs, were not responded to.
While an online news portal has
maintained that she underwent a surgery in Germany, others speculate
that she had food poisoning and had been admitted in Italy.
Despite
the claims and counter-claims over Dame Jonathan’s condition, her
spokesman, Mr. Ayo Osinlu, has insisted that the President’s wife
traveled out of the country to take a “moment’s rest.”
ACN to the Presidency: ‘Speak out on First Lady’s health’
Meanwhile,
the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)has challenged the Federal
Government to tell Nigerians the truth about the illness of the First
Lady, saying the people deserved to know.
The National Publicity
Secretary of the ACN ,Alhaji Lai Mohammed, threw the challenge yesterday
in Ilorin, Kwara State at a welcome reception for former members of the
PDP, ACPN and Accord Party who defected to the ACN.
He posited that Nigerians deserved to know the exact situation of the First Lady’s health status.
The
ruling PDP, Mohammed insisted, has never been truthful to Nigerians on
any national issue ,citing the “many lies the PDP government churned out
to Nigerians on the illness of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua”.
The
ACN spokesman, who also pointed out that the PDP Federal Government
government has no solution to the nation’s problems, accused the
government of lacking the capability to deliver dividends of democracy
to Nigerians.
Mohammed said the PDP-led government’s ineptitude
has resulted in the alarming rate of youth unemployment, epileptic power
supply and general infrastructural deca
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