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PDP Made President Buhari Travel Abroad For Treatment – Presidency by liberallatty: 3:25pm On Nov 04, 2017
The presidency has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari never made a promise to Nigerians in 2015 that he would not seek medical treatment abroad if elected. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, yesterday disclosed this while appearing as a guest on Focus Nigeria, a programme on Africa Independent Television (AIT). The spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bolaji Abdullahi, who appeared alongside Adesina, also said the much talked about promise the president allegedly made was false. Abdullahi said: “I was the Deputy Director of the policy directorate of the campaign, I was there from the beginning to the end.” “So many people came to join the group, some from even outside the country. Then one day, we were in a meeting, then one gentleman who heads one of the international NGOs in the country brought this list of 100 items that he was proposing that we should push out as the promise of Mr President to Nigerians. “We circulated and asked everyone to study it and come back the following day so that we look at which ones we can own and which ones we need to reject. “I remember that Number 1 on that list was to make the President say that ‘When I become President, I will not travel abroad for medical treatment’. “And I remember we rejected that immediately, because we said we didn’t know what this man was dealing with; we didn’t know who his doctors had been, how could we say this for him? “But you know what happened? One of us in the group just released the document.” Adesina backed Abdullahi’s claim, confirming that the president was never aware of any such promise, let alone agree to it. He said, “I can confirm that even the President himself, who was a candidate then, was not aware. The very week I resumed this assignment, I raised some things with the President. I said, this and this and this were promised, and the President said ‘When did I promise these things?’ “I said there is a document titled ‘100 things Buhari will do in 100 days’. He never knew about that document. He had to ask people to fetch that document for him, and it was the first time he was seeing it. “So there were promises that people made during the campaign on his behalf.” Adesina went further to blame the past administrations of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the poor state of healthcare in the country. He said the situation was a major reason for the president’s medical trips abroad. He said, “There was a time we could have afforded it, but the money was not properly spent. That’s why the President keeps lamenting that for a certain number of years consistently, oil prices stood at $100 per barrel, going as high as $120 per barrel at a time, and we were producing about 2.1 million barrels daily. “Then when he (Buhari) came, oil prices plunged to $37 per barrel, so he called the Central Bank Governor and said, ‘Do we have savings?’ and the Governor said ‘No savings.’ “The question is, ‘What did they do with that money? Why didn’t they fix our hospitals in all those years that we had boom?’ “And you know that since 2015, things have been down and they are just looking up now. As things look up, if they ever ever get back to where we were, if we ever get back to $100 per barrel for oil under the Buhari administration, it’s doubtful. “But if we ever get there, you can be sure that a lot will get done, because this is a prudent administration and the money of Nigerians will be used to serve Nigerians.” Recall that the president has made two trips to London this year alone to seek treatment for an undisclosed illness. His most notable trip gulped 103 days, a medical vacation that caused public discontent resulting in many calling for his resignation from office.
Re: PDP Made President Buhari Travel Abroad For Treatment – Presidency by Desyner: 3:26pm On Nov 04, 2017
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Re: PDP Made President Buhari Travel Abroad For Treatment – Presidency by Gurusblend(m): 3:26pm On Nov 04, 2017
Ehn, we know now, yes he never made a promise that he would not seek medical treatment abroad if elected, likewise did he told us. Am sure Nigerians won't elect a sick president..

To the media and publicity adviser

Re: PDP Made President Buhari Travel Abroad For Treatment – Presidency by greatermax77(m): 3:39pm On Nov 04, 2017
Jesus!!
What type of country is this ooo chiaa..
I am off this topic, the denial is mind bungling

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Re: PDP Made President Buhari Travel Abroad For Treatment – Presidency by clefstone(m): 3:47pm On Nov 04, 2017
PDP made Aisha Buhari shit twice today instead of her usual habit of once daily

-Garba Shehu

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Re: PDP Made President Buhari Travel Abroad For Treatment – Presidency by Donald50: 3:51pm On Nov 04, 2017
Blame game...we are used to this....

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Re: PDP Made President Buhari Travel Abroad For Treatment – Presidency by Nobody: 3:52pm On Nov 04, 2017
Na wah Ohhhhh grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: PDP Made President Buhari Travel Abroad For Treatment – Presidency by morbeta(m): 3:55pm On Nov 04, 2017
Pdp prevented Buhari's joystick from raising, pdp prevent Buhari from performing in Zaa Ozza room, pdp pdp pdp pdp.....2019.. cheesy grin cheesy cheesy

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Re: PDP Made President Buhari Travel Abroad For Treatment – Presidency by liberallatty: 3:56pm On Nov 04, 2017
the statement was made this morning by senior special assistant to the President on media Adeshina and APC publicity Secretary Bolaji Abdullahi on a programme title Focus Naija on AIT
Re: PDP Made President Buhari Travel Abroad For Treatment – Presidency by liberallatty: 4:00pm On Nov 04, 2017
naso I heard it too....may God deliver us from the hands of this great propaganda party called APC

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