The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has returned
from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where she went to treat a severe neck pain.
The President’s wife said this in an Instagram post shortly
after her return on Saturday.
Mrs. Buhari, who returned on a Presidential jet, said they
witnessed a turbulence but the pilots were able to weather the storm.
She wrote, “I want to use this opportunity to thank all
Nigerians for their prayers and well wishes while I was away for medical
treatment. I am well now and fully recovered and had since returned back home,
Nigeria.
“On our way back, the Nigerian Air Force flight encountered
a violent clear air turbulence which was navigated safely and professionally by
the captain and crew of the flight.
“I want to commend and appreciate the courage and
professionalism of the captain and his crew, the wonderful gallant service men
and women of the entire Nigerian Air Force for their dedication to duty and the
quality of maintenance of its fleet.”
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.
She said this would help in reviving the health sector and
reducing medical tourism.
Mrs. Buhari added, “I recall hosting the private health care
providers earlier in the year and we had a very productive engagement where the
issue of building the capacity of Nigeria health sector was the major focus,
and funding was discovered to be the major challenge.
“I, therefore, call on the healthcare providers to take the
advantage of the Federal Government’s initiative through the Central Bank of
Nigeria guidelines for the operation of N100bn credit support for the health
care sector as was released recently contained in a circular dated March 25,
2020, to the commercial banks.
“This will no doubt help in building and expanding the capacity
of the Nigerian health sector and ultimately reduce medical trips and tourism
outside the country. Once again, I thank our frontline workers and all
Nigerians for their steadfastness as we navigate the challenges facing the
entire world.”
The President’s wife had travelled out of the country in the
first week of August following a severe neck pain.
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Well! If you had insisted on treatment in Nigeria, you wouldn't have gone through the experience of a turbulent flight, and you won't be thanking Nigerians for praying for you to successfully expatriate their funds.
ReplyDeleteYou can't fix the health sector by hosting healthcare providers and telling them to key into a CBN scheme that's going to end up being looted. The only way to fix the health sector is for you and your husband to insist on treatment in Nigeria with the facilities that the federal hospitals claim to have through the contracts and budgets that your husband has signed. That way, the federal hospitals will remain accountable cos the President and wife use these facilities. As a chain effect, the private hospitals would need to step up as well. Anything short of that is a waste of time till the tenure expires.