In case You Missed This: Nigeria Lost $1b To Medical Tourism – Buhari

A year after President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria loses about $1 billion annually to medical tourism, he has spent 101 days and counting outside the country on medical vacation in London.

Prior to his ongoing London medical tourism, Buhari had spent 50 days from December 2016 to January 2017.

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President Buhari had at the 56th Annual General Conference and Delegate meeting of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Sokoto, on April 26, 2016, with the theme: “Doctors in Administrative Positions in a Democratic Dispensation,” said his administration will not encourage expending the nation’s resources on any government official seeking medical care abroad especially when there is evidence of expertise in Nigeria.

Buhari who was represented by Minister of Health, Professor Isaac ‎Adewole, said his administration will not deny any Nigerian his or her fundamental human right, but will certainly not encourage expending Nigeria’s hard earned resources on any government official seeking medical care abroad especially when there is evidence of expertise in Nigeria.

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