Health
Senate States Reasons For Stopping Buhari’s Foreign Medical Trips, Issues Directive To State House Officials
The Nigerian Senate has on Thursday issued a strong warning to State House Officials that henceforth, President Muhammadu Buhari should stop from embarking on foreign trips for medical attention.
According to the Senate, rather than allow President Buhari to jet out to seek medical attention and treatment, the government and state house officials should this year, put the State House Clinic in order for such purposes.
The warning was given by the Senator Danjuma La’ah, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kaduna South led Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs when the State House Permanent Secretary, Tijani Umar, appeared before the panel to defend his 2021 budget estimates.
In its presentation, the State House official gave a budget of N19.7bnfor 2021, out of which N1.3bn was proposed for the State House Clinic.
In his reaction to the budget estimates, the Chairman of the Senate panel, Senator Danjuma La’ah explained that though the committee would approve the budget for the State House Clinic, but that President and other top officials of his government should no longer be flown abroad for medical treatment.
Speaking with Journalists after defending his budget, the Permanent Secretary promised to put necessary arrangements in place to meet to medical needs of the President and other top officials once the budget was approved.
The Senate on Thursday told President Muhammadu Buhari to stop from embarking on foreign medical trips.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been warned to stop embarking on medical trips.
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