President Muhammadu Buhari is ready to depart Nigeria for the United Kingdom for medicals, the Presidency stated on Monday.
Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media put forth this revelation in an announcement Monday night time.
Garba stated the president, who may jet out of the nation on Tuesday, is anticipated to return to the nation on May 12 and from that time go to APC ward congresses.
The assertion reads, “President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow, Tuesday undertake a four-day journey to the United Kingdom.
“In the course of the technical stop-over for plane upkeep in London on his manner again from Washington final week, the President had a gathering together with his physician.
“The Doctor requested the President to return for a gathering which he agreed to do.
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In phrases of time spent overseas getting medical assist, President Muhammadu Buhari, 74, is the primary amongst equals, however prior to now yr all these heads of state have travelled abroad for well being causes.
In many circumstances they're forsaking poorly funded well being companies, which most of their residents should depend on.
In 2010, the typical quantity spent on well being in African nations per particular person was $135 (£100) in comparison with $three,150 in high-income nations, the UN’s World Health Organization stated.
In Zimbabwe, for instance, state-run hospitals and clinics typically run out of fundamental medicines like painkillers and antibiotics, in response to well being watchdog Citizens Health Watch.
It says that the general public well being care system “continues to deteriorate at alarming levels” with lack of cash being the primary drawback.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, in energy since 1980, has additionally been criticised by his political opponents for working the nation “from his hospital bed” after his third medical journey to Singapore this yr.
The Angolan authorities revealed in May that Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been president for the final 38 years, had travelled to Spain for well being causes. But as within the Nigerian case, the federal government was not forthcoming about the issue.
Evaristo Da Luz, spokesperson for the opposition Casa-CE, stated that the journey “proves the incompetence of his government in place for four decades and shows the precarious nature of the health service”.