MEDICAL TRIP: President Buhari Has Consistently Breached The Law – Coalition Group | READ DETAILS
The group stated that it was contradictory for the President to go abroad for medicare when billions of naira were allocated to the health sector every year apart from the huge amount of money credited to the Presidential Clinic in Abuja.
Falana said; “The President of Nigeria visiting the United Kingdom, for healthcare 60 years after independence is a shame. It confirms that Nigeria cannot guarantee the health of her President even when the country can boast of a rainbow of experts and Teaching Hospitals that have been left to rot away”.
The group regretted that millions of Nigerians have no access to basic healthcare while primary health provision has almost been abandoned across the country leaving millions in despair.
“The total neglect of public healthcare in Nigeria has seen millions of people lose their lives from preventable deaths. While many people die in millions every year, armed and defenseless people, rich and poor suffer from the tragic neglect of Nigerian health sector by the Federal and State Governments.”
“The latest known victims are Yinka and Innocent, two people that were reputed for immense sacrifices in the pro-democracy campaigns but have to die due to Government’s poor funding of the health sector and corruption at all levels,” ASCAB said.
It further said President Buhari had consistently breached the law as his medical treatment and check up in the United Kingdom were not recommended by a Medical Board approved by the Minister of Health in line with Section 46 of the National Health Act.
“Without prejudice to the right of any Nigerian to seek medical check-up, investigation or treatment anywhere within and outside Nigeria no public officer of the government of the Federation or any part thereof shall be sponsored for medical check-up, investigation or treatment abroad at public expense except in exceptional cases on the recommendation and referral by the medical board and which recommendation or referral shall be duly approved by the Minister or the Commissioner of health of the state as the case may be” Falana quoted.
