Chairman , Senate Committee on
Health Dr. Lanre Tejuoso, said the poor condition
of heath sector allegedly orchestrated by the
Peoples Democratic Party made President
Muhammadu Buhari to travel to the United
Kingdom to treat an ear infection.
Tejuoso, who represents Ogun Central Senatorial
District in the National Assembly, berated the PDP
for destroying the nation's health care system.
He said this on Monday in Abeokuta at the
sideline of his empowerment programme where
he distributed many items including cars, to the
people of his constituency.
He disclosed that the President had been
attended to by his doctors in Nigeria, arguing
that because there was no improvement in his
case, he had to travel abroad.
He said, "Do you know the party of the President?
It's All Progressives Congress. Do you know the
party that ruled for 16 years? It is PDP. We have
just taken over. We inherited a rotten health
sector; our budget is just about to start.
"So we are still suffering from the PDP structure.
If in one year's time the president should go to UK
for health, then you talk about why is he going."
"In medicine, there is what they call second
opinion. The President did not leave the day he
was sick. He was in Nigeria for days, he was
seeing our Nigerian doctors and after that, there
was no improvement, he went for what we call
second opinion to confirm whatever it is that is
the problem. And thank God he's back hale and
hearty
He however, called for the removal of the
immunity clause from Constitution, arguing that,
that this will make the leaders in the executive
and legislative arms of government to behave
well.
It was reported last weekend that the lawmakers
have proposed an immunity for the principal
officers of the two arms of the National Assembly
and life pension after their tenure in office
Though he noted that other arms of government
like judiciary also enjoy such benefit, Tejuoso said
if the immunity clause was removed it would put
an end to the bickering that only certain
categories of people were being favoured.
He said, "Well all I will say is that the Senate is not
the only beneficiary of any benefit that is like
that. So, we should not just talk about the
Senate.
"We should talk about the judiciary, are they not
benefitting from the same thing? The executives,
are they not benefitting in the same thing? So let
us remove for everybody and let everybody be on
their own like ordinary Nigerians.
"So that we stop all this whether is senator,
whether is governor. Let there be no immunity for
anybody and let everybody behave and be
judged accordingly."
The Senator who said he was at home to give
dividends of democracy to his people for his one
year stewardship