Aisha Buhari, Nigeria’s First Lady, has provided update on
the health challenges that led to her travel to the United Arab Emirates for
medical treatment.
In a statement she personally signed and made available on
Saturday night, Aisha said, “I want to use this opportunity to thank all
Nigerians for their prayers and well wishes while I was away for medical
treatment in the United Arabs Emirates (UAE). I am well now and fully recovered
and have since returned back home, Nigeria.
“I recall hosting the private healthcare 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 (CBN) guidelines for the operation of NGN100 Billion Credit Support for
the Healthcare Sector as was released recently contained in a circular dated
March 25, 2020 to the Commercial Banks.”
Aisha noted that such will help in building and expanding
Nigeria’s health sector capacity and “ultimately reduce medical trips and
tourism outside the Country.”
The First Lady further appreciated the frontline workers and
Nigerians for remaining steadfast as the country navigate the challenges of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Mrs Buhari had earlier confirmed the flight incident that
nearly claimed her life and that of her daughter, Hanan on Friday.
Confirming the incident in a series of tweets on Saturday
night, Aisha commended the crew of the Airforce flight for the courage in
managing the dangerous movement.
Any country that the President and wife don't use the healthcare institutions will never end medical tourism. Loans and schemes only provide routes for monies to be looted. But when a federal medical institution claims to have acquired a facility and the president comes into the institution to use it, you can be sure the facility would be on ground out of the fear in the CMD of being picked by EFCC and DSS. Any other talk is just a waste of time till 2023. Once again, the only way to end medical tourism is for the Presidents and their wives to use the local medical institutions.
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