President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that feeding well and sleeping for longer hours are the secrets of his good look after he recovered from illness.
The president made this known on Monday when he hosted the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Bello was at the Villa along with other people drawn from the Christian community in Abuja to pay Christmas homage to the president.
His words: “I have explained to the public that as a General I used to give orders, now I take orders. The doctors told me to feed my stomach and sleep for longer hours; that is why I am looking much better.”
The president, while expressing his gratitude to the guests, described 2017 as a tumultuous year.
He said, however, that he came out better.
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“It has been a tumultuous year. I thought I was 74, but I was told I was 75. I have never been so sick, even the 30 months civil war when I was stumbling under farm of yams or cassava but this sickness I don’t know… I came out better because all those who saw me before and when I came back said I look much better,” he said.
Buhari who described 2017 as a tough year in history said he shared the pains of the people and prayed 2018 to be a better year.
He said he was happy that Nigerians had taken to the farm as a means of livelihood.
Speaking on the essence of good neighbourliness, the president said it had been confirmed that maintaining peace was cheaper than prosecuting war.
“I thank you very much for coming and making all the sacrifice because today is a crowded day for me from early in the morning until maybe the following morning with the family and friends and neighbours and one thing I learnt to respect is good neighbourliness both at individual and national level…
“When I was elected my first trip was to Chad, Niger, Cameroun and Benin Republic; if you are in good terms with your neighbours then you can make some savings for development, but if you start fighting your neighbours then I am afraid the resources you have you will lose it in trying to be very clever. So, I try to be very close to my neighbours both individually and nationally.
“I thank you very much for being very good neighbours, including the one on my left (referring to Senator Philip Aduda),” he said.
