President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to leave for London on a 10-day vacation, Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina, has confirmed.

The vacation is expected to begin from August 3, 2018.

The working leave is coming amidst gale of defections that recently hit the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).

A statement by the presidency noted that a letter to that effect has been transmitted to the President of the Senate, and the Speaker, House of Representatives.

He said the letter was transmitted to the legislature in compliance with section 145 (1) of the 1999 constitution, noting that while the president will be on vacation, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, will be in acting capacity as president.

Although the statement was silent on whether the president was going on a medical vacation to London, the first time the president proceeded on such short vacation was in February, 2016, during which he met with E.N.T. specialist for a persistent ear infection.

A chronicle of his trips to London on health grounds, reveals that on February 5, 2016, Buhari embarked on a six-day medical vacation to London.

Then on June 6, 2016 he took another 10-day medical vacation also to deal with a “persistent ear infection”.

On January 19, 2017, Buhari left again for London on a medical vacation; on February 5, 2017, he wrote the National Assembly, asking the lawmakers to extend his London medical leave.

On March 10, 2017, he returned to Nigeria after spending several months in London but didn’t resume work immediately as he preferred to work from home.

On May 7, 2017, he took another trip to London and returned after 104 days on August 19, 2017.

On May 8, 2018, he left again for “medical review” but delayed slightly to return to Nigeria due to technical hitches on his flight.

It was later uncovered that while on his way back from the United States where he met with President Donald Trump, he stopped by in London to have a brief medical checks on his health.

The president was quoted to have said in April, 2016 that he wasn’t a fan of medical tourism and that he won’t encourage the political class to take to the skies for medical reasons either.

Buhari was quoted to have said, “While this administration will not deny anyone of his or her fundamental human rights, we will certainly not encourage expending Nigerian hard-earned resources on any government official seeking medical care abroad, when such can be handled in Nigeria”.

The Reformed APC, a breakaway faction of the ruling party in its reaction to the president’s latest vacation said it is clear that President Buhari no longer has the capacity and strength to continue to govern the country.

Speaking with Daily Independent, Prince Kassim Afegbua, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, said the president can no longer continue to hold 180 million Nigerians to ransom over his health.

“We have said it repeatedly that the president should perish the thought of seeking reelection because Nigerians do not have the patience for this back and forth movement.

“The best thing for President Buhari is to take a deserved rest, travel overseas with members of his family, immediate and extended and go and enjoy like one year with all expenses paid for by the government.

“He should go and rest and recuperate very well. He should allow us elect a new breed of leadership. The man is not just tired, he is old and no longer strong enough to withstand the rigours of governance in Nigeria.

“But because power is a crazy aphrodisiac, everybody want to stay put in power even when they know the competence to discharge their responsibility is no longer there. For Buhari, the strength is no longer there and the nation suffers.

“You can see it in the widespread insecurity in the country, there is no efficiency in leadership.

“This country needs a stronger, younger element that can unify us, go around the country and build bridges of understanding and begin the process of healing the wounds in the land.

“There are wounds in the hearts of people either at the tribal or religious level and it wasn’t like this before. So, we are pained that those who are promoters of Buhari, because of reelection are not honest with Nigerians and they are not patriotic enough to tell the president the truth that his health can no longer carry him and that Nigeria is appearing to be less governed.

“This country needs a man who is awake when the country is sleeping. We need a man who will walk within the pace of the country and not the country walking at his own pace. One man cannot continue to hold 180 million Nigerians to ransom” he said.

News gotten from https://wstreams.com/buhari-leaves-for-uk-on-10-day-vacation/

Good. Medical Tourism.

Do as I say not do as I do

The same man who criticised going abroad for treatment and promised to ban it is the same man who has travelled the most for treatment abroad