Buhari not in London for ear treatment - Presidency speaks up

• President Muhammadu Buhari is on holiday and not on a medical trip to treat an ear infection, the presidency has said 

• Femi Adesina said the president did not violate any rule in the treatment of his ear infection 

• He said the ear infection has been treated by Nigerian medical experts who recommended further evaluation while he is in London 

The Presidency said President Muhammadu Buhari did not break any rule by traveling out of the country. 

Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, said Buhari traveled to London on vacation and not on a medical trip, The Punch reports.

Speaking on Tuesday, June 7, Adesina said contrary to news making the rounds, Buhari was in London to rest and not to treat his ear infection.
The president has been accused of violating a federal government rule that says government officials will not be paid foreign medical treatment, unless the illness cannot be treated within the country.

Adesina noted that Buhari did not violate any rule in the treatment of his ear infection because he was first treated by Nigerian medical experts before they recommended for him to travel.

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He maintained that the president was on vacation and would seize the opportunity of trip to carry out further evaluation.

The presidential spokesman said: “You can check the statement we issued on Sunday again. The president did not go to London for treatment. 

“We made it clear in that statement that he had been treated in Nigeria here. 

“The medical experts here only told him that since he will be in London, he can seize that opportunity for evaluation. 

“The president has not broken any rule.” 

In the statement issued on Sunday, Adesina had pointed out that Nigerian doctors had examined and treated the president’s ear infection and “recommended further evaluation purely as a precaution.”

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“President Buhari will take 10 days off and travel to London from Monday June 6th, to rest. During the holiday, the President will see an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist for a persistent ear infection. The President was examined by his Personal Physician and an E.N.T Specialist in Abuja and was treated,” the statement issued on Sunday had read.

The Peoples Democratic Party was the first to publicise the alleged illness of the president. The party claimed that Buhari is likely to be flown for medical treatment abroad on the guise of a foreign trip.

However, the presidency denied the report, claiming the president was hale and healthy, thus casting doubts on the rumours. The presidency later made a u-turn and accepted that the president had what it described as “persistent ear infection,” and would embark on a 10-day vacation to London.
Adesina has maintained that Buhari is not ill, saying it was wrong  for people to refer to his ear infection as illness.

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