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B00M! Why Buhari won't stop foreign medical trips - aide | READ DETAILS

chuks oti

Apr 07, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has the right to continue seeking medical care overseas, his aide Lauretta Onochie has stated.

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She was reacting to criticism of the President's medical checkup in London amid the ongoing nationwide strike of resident doctors.

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Many Nigerians have berated Buhari for not investing in healthcare, saying he would have been treated back home had he done that.

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His presence at the Abuja House in London has been rocked with protests by some Nigerians in the UK.

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Reacting to the criticism and protests, Onochie said nobody can take away Buhari's right to his physicians of over 40 years.

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She tweeted: "Next year, Pres. @MBuhari will go for a routine checkup.

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"We have been here since 2016. It's been the same wailing. So the response will also be the same.

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"At least, once a year, people across the world see their personal doctors especially one they have seen for about 40 years.

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"@MBuhari won't dump his doctor of about 40 years so that wailers can be happy. That's blackmail. Thankfully, he doesn't pay blackmailers.

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"In 2016, I ran from one media house to the other, educating us on the psychology of the bond between a patient & his/her long-standing doctor

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"He went for #CheckUp in 2017, 2018, 2019 & in 2020, just before the pandemic. Same wailing and same explanations.

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"The fact remains that if @MBuhari chooses, he will go for checkups in 2022 & 2023. He will continue to go. It's his choice to go or not to.

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"I don't know any man who will accept a different barber to cut his hair if the one he is used to, is not available.

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"Wailing can't take away his rights to see his personal doctors so wailers must get ready for two more years of wailing and fooling around. God bless Nigeria."

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