Nigeria first Lady Aisha Buhari has said Nigerian presidents do not need to seek medical treatment abroad anymore.
According to Channels, she said this after The President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), commissioned the new N21 billion Presidential/VIP Wing of the State House Medical Center, located within the precincts of Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The president’s wife said that she established the idea of the wing six years ago, after the extensive stay of her husband abroad, for medical treatment.
She assured that with the facility in place, Nigerian Presidents and their family members will no longer need to go abroad for treatment but may only fly medical experts to assist their colleagues in the country.
“I opted for it six years go. I initiated this project six years ago when my husband spent three months abroad, consecutively, 90 days, and it shouldn’t be because we have all the experts in Nigeria. We only need a good platform.
“The hospital that is supposed to serve the First Family is serving like 35,000 people, which is quite much.
“That’s why I insisted we should have a VIP Wing within the proximity of the presidential villa”, she said.
