LP Urges Buhari To Rule Out Medical Treatment Abroad

LP Urges Buhari To Rule Out Medical Treatment Abroad

The Labour Party has asked Muhammadu Buhari, the president-elect, to rule out going abroad for medical treatment throughout his tenure.

According to Daily Post, the LP official made the call on May 3, Sunday, in Abuja.

Alhaji Abdulkadir Salam, the party's national chairman, insisted that Nigerians expected improvements in health care services, as the All Progressives Congress politician had promised.

"There are certain things that we expect Buhari to do urgently. Health is one, so that our people will not go abroad for treatment again. He can do it; he told us he can do it. We has the resources to do it. We have the material and human resources to do it. So, we believe he can do it if he wants to do it; this will reduce medical tourism in Nigeria. Nigerians are not ready to accept excuses from him."

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Salam advised the president-elect to lead Nigerians by adhering to the APC change strategy and not going abroad in search of medical treatment.

"Let me say here that Nigerians have given the APC the authority and the mandate to come out with the changes. APC people, who clamoured for change, told Nigerians they wanted change and campaigned on the platform and basis of change.

"Let nobody now begin to tell us that he cannot perform miracle, because they told Nigerians that when they come they would perform miracle. We will not expect Buhari to go abroad for any medical treatment. Our health system must be properly put in place. He must focus attention on it; let them not tell us that they cannot provide jobs for our teeming youths. Let them not tell us that the security lapses will continue in any manner, since they told us that they would perform miracle.

"Based on that change and miracle, Nigerians voted for them. So, in all spheres of human endeavour-education, health, agriculture, infrastructural development, power, energy and the rest-they should be able to satisfy Nigerians within a reasonable period."

It should be recalled that during the election campaign Buhari vowed to reorganize the healthcare system to make it stable and affordable to people.

Source: Legit.ng

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