Buhari’s medical trips abroad has sparked intense debate among Nigerians on social media. Many argued that funds spent on medical bills abroad could be used to develop the country’s health care system which is in dire straits.
“President Buhari just loves flying around. If he truly wants Nigeria to grow, His doctor should fly down here instead, whatever equipments and knowledge he has should be brought down to a hospital here to improve our health care system,” commentator Yul Edochie said in a tweet.
Nigeria’s opposition party, People’s Democractic Party, called on the president to make public all costs related to his trips abroad as a public citizen.
“We charge the Presidency to end their official secrecy and come clear on the reasons for President Muhammadu Buhari’s alleged ‘technical stopover’ in London.” it tweeted.
Buhari is not the first Nigerian president to spend long periods abroad seeking medical treatment.
In 2010, former President Umaru Yar’Adua was absent for three months as he received treatment in Saudi Arabia for inflammation of tissue around the heart. He died a few months after his return.
*CNN
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