HURIWA Tackles Buhari over Frequent Medical Trips
By Nafisat Bello
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for his frequent medical trips overseas.
The group noted that President Buhari perpetually travels to London for medical checkup while leaving the health sector in Nigeria to suffer constant strikes and underfunding.
In a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA, said it was regrettable that the President serially disrespects the 1999 Constitution by not officially transmitting power to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo whenever he travels abroad.
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President Buhari had on Sunday travelled to the United Kingdom on a two-week medical check-up after returning from Kenya on Saturday where he attended the United Nations Environmental Programme in Nairobi (UNEP).
In recent years, the UK has become a choice destination for the Nigerian elite including the President while perpetual industrial actions, lack of modern equipment, failure of government to pay doctors’ salaries, amongst others, mar Nigeria’s health sector.
According to reports, as at the end of 2021, Buhari had been to London for medical check-up a number of times and had spent a total of over 200 days on medical leave in the UK since his administration began on May 29, 2015.
Despite Buhari’s preference for foreign medical care, the Federal Ministry of Health has consumed over N2.3 trillion from 2016 to date, while the State House Medical Centre has received over N6.2 billion, according to the respective appropriation acts available on the website of the Budget Office of the Federation
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