The special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina has said that he is not sure if it is the federal government th
The special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina has said that he is not sure if it is the federal government that is responsible for the medical bill of his boss.
On a political programme on Channnels TV, Femi Adesina was asked who pays for the president’s treatment to which he replied, “Does it matter at this point?” To which the anchor of the programme, Seun Okinbaloye fired back: “We need to know, he is our president. He is a public official. This shouldn’t be shrouded in secrecy.”
Then Adesina said: “I do not know who is paying, but as a president, he has a right to be treated by the country.”
“Nigeria is taking care of the bill?” Okinbaloye asked, and Femi Adesina responded, “Most likely. I do not know for sure.”
The presidential spokesman also discussed his experience with his principal at the Abuja House in London in company with the delegation that met Buhari during the weekend.
“The president I saw was sharp, he was smart, he was lucid. The president I saw was almost completely mending. But like I said in the statement we issued, he will come when his doctors say ‘it’s time to go home’.”
Dismissing the position that Buhari has not returned to the country because he is too frail to travel, Adesina said: “We can’t depend on the word out there, but I can depend on what I saw with my eyes. I saw the president and I know that he has recovered considerably.
“Once the doctors certify him, he will surely come back… If you know the president, at the peak of his performance when he just assumed the presidency and went to different parts of the world, you will know that he is a man of tremendous energy and tremendous ability. If a man was healed and he has mended, that means he can do what he used to and even more.”
Buhari has been receiving medical attention in London for the past 100 days and the issue of the cost has generated heated controversy between his supporters and opponents. Before he left Nigeria on May 7, the president had spent 49 days in the United Kingdom, treating an undisclosed ailment.
