BUHARI DECEIVED NIGERIANS:Dr Osahon Enabulele says the president broke his promise by going on medical tourism

According to the leading Nigerian physician, Nigerians spent $1bn (£690,000) on foreign medical trips in 2013, most of which was unnecessary. The UK had more than 3,000 Nigerian-trained doctors, and the US more than 5,000, Dr Enabule said, accusing the government of failing to address the brain drain by improving working conditions and health centres. Nigerian politicians were mostly treated by Nigerian doctors in the UK, he added.
Buhari flew to London on Monday, June 6 to be treated for an ear infection, the BBC reports. It is unclear where the 73-year-old would be treated for what his office described as a “persistent” infection. Dr. Enabulele, vice-president of the Commonwealth Medical Association, said it was a “national shame” that the President went to the UK for treatment when Nigeria had more than 250 ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists, as well as a National Ear Centre. “Buhari should lead by example by using Nigerian doctors and facilities, and ensure government officials do not go abroad on ‘frivolous’ medical trips,” he told the BBC.
Meanwhile, the presidency on Monday, June 6, maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari is not ill. Speaking with newsmen at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja, Femi Adesina, the president’s special adviser on media and publicity said although Buhari has ear infection it has not stopped him from performing his functions as president of the country. He said it was wrong for people to refer to the president’s ear infection as illness, The Nation reports. Adesina said: “The buzz going round town is that the President is “ill”, but “ill” will be a misnomer, it should not be the right word to use.
The President is going for a 10 day rest and during that period he will see specialists who will look at his ear because he has been treating that ear locally for some time. “Nigerian physicians have looked at it and now they have said you are going to UK, now that you will be there let specialists look at the ear. They have treated it locally so it is not a question of whether the president is ill. If he is ill, it presupposes that there are certain things that he cannot do. “Till the very last minute that he is traveling, the president performed the duties and functions of his office as the president.”
SOURCE: BBC NEWS