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TOBI AWORINDE examines the reliance of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , on foreign healthcare and education for himself and his family, while critical institutions at home continue to suffer under his leadership
This is evident in the country’s 40.1 per cent poverty rate, according to 2020 figures provided by the National Bureau of Statistics. Notwithstanding the public outcry, Buhari’s medical trips have remained anything but a rarity. Six years and two months into his regime, the President has spent a total of 201 days on foreign medical trips to date, according to information made public by the Presidency.
After attending the 72nd UN General Assembly, on September 21, 2017, he travelled from the United States of America to the UK for medical purposes and returned to Abuja on September 25, 2017. Again, on November 2, 2019, he proceeded on a 15-day “private visit” to London, following bilateral talks in Saudi Arabia. He returned to the country on November 17.
The President’s wife, while drumming support for Nigeria’s health care sector, called on private health personnel to take advantage of the N100bn fund being disbursed by the Central Bank of Nigeria to help revive the health sector and reduce medical tourism. On December 26, 2017, Buhari’s son reportedly sustained a head injury and a broken limb in a motorbike accident in Abuja.
Okhuaihesuyi said, “We gave an ultimatum in May concerning our strike notice. We are currently in Umuahia to reappraise and reassess the MoU signed with the government. As it stands, I hope it’s not going to be a coincidence if NARD will be on strike. “Get yourself a Plan B. I know you have faith, I have faith too but I have a Plan B. With technology, I can speak to you from anywhere in the world. to Cameroon or a flying boat to Seme Border, a hole in the ground, or a bunker as we call it, just get yourself a Plan B because these people are crazy. They are nutters, the whole bunch of them. And watch the signs because it can happen, just like this,” he said with a snap of his fingers.
According to a book titled ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria’ written by an American professor, John Paden, all of Buhari’s children have had extensive education. Though the First Lady did not disclose the name of the school or the course in which her daughter earned the first class, photos shared by her Twitter account indicated that it was a foreign institution.
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