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The London Clinic, one of the United Kingdom’s most exclusive private hospitals, has come under the spotlight following the death of Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari, at the facility last Sunday.

Buhari and former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, were both admitted in the hospital. While Abubakar got well and was discharged, Buhari passed on on Sunday, July 13, 2025.

According to his nephew, Mamman Daura, Buhari was in high spirits as of Saturday, July 12 and was getting ready for discharge before he suffered a relapse at midday on Sunday.

“I left him about 9 pm on Saturday in high spirits and promised to see him on Sunday afternoon. He was looking forward to his doctor’s visit on Sunday morning. But around midday, he started having breathing challenges and doctors rushed to his side to try and manage it. But unfortunately, around 4.30 pm, he gave up the ghost,” Daura told ThisDay.

Buhari was reported to have travelled to the UK in April for a routine medical check-up, but subsequently fell ill.

The cause of death was not disclosed, but he had suffered from ill-health for many years.

According to family sources, Buhari, during his admission at The London Clinic, spent time at the Intensive Care Unit.

His death was announced by his former spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu, on Sunday afternoon.

Shehu said, “The family of the former president has announced the passing of the former President, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London. May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus.”

Shortly after news of his death broke, videos emerged online showing the former President’s children and other relatives visiting The London Clinic, situated in the heart of London’s medical district on Harley Street, where he was reportedly undergoing treatment before his passing.

While the exact duration of the former President’s stay at the hospital remains unknown, reports indicate that Buhari had been in London since April for a routine medical check-up.

The London Clinic

Founded in 1932, The London Clinic is one of the largest private hospitals in the UK, best known for its expertise in cancer care, digestive health, orthopaedics, and plastic and cosmetic surgeries.

From the information on its website, the facility boasts 13 intensive care beds, 10 operating theatres, five Macmillan Cancer Support Centres, approximately 900 surgeons and physicians and attends to over 120,000 patients across the world annually.


The hospital’s areas of speciality include: cancer care, haematology, orthopaedics with a focus on spinal surgery, as well as gastroenterology, general surgery, ophthalmology, ENT, neurosurgery, robotic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and intensive care.

The London Clinic has treated thousands of patients from around the world, among them political leaders and members of the British royal family.

In the hospital’s 2021 annual financial report seen by Saturday PUNCH, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Hamish Leslie Melville, said, “Our team of over 900 leading consultants, surgeons and physicians provide an extensive range of medical and surgical interventions. Our medical inpatient and outpatient treatments focus on three core areas: cancer therapies, general surgery with a focus on digestive diseases, and musculoskeletal conditions.”

Speaking with Saturday PUNCH on condition of anonymity for personal reasons, a UK-based Nigerian doctor familiar with the hospital’s operations, described it as one with advanced facilities, a high-profile clientele, and world-class medical expertise.

According to him, patients pay between £100 and £750 for consultations, depending on the complexity of their case.

The Nigerian doctor, who said he knew two fellow Nigerian doctors who once worked at the hospital, said he is aware that a Computed Tomography scan (CT Scan) at the hospital costs around £500, while major surgeries range from £10,000 to £13,000.

“In terms of accommodation, the pricing structure is also tiered. A standard room goes for £1,000 to £1,800 per night. Luxury/VIP room is between £1,800 to £2,500 per night; while the Intensive Care Unit admission costs about £3,000 to £3,500 per night,” he said.

“The clinic is known for its advanced equipment, specialist services, and highly qualified professionals. It’s a facility designed for complex and high-risk cases,” he added.

The doctor said the two respected Nigerian specialists who used to work at the hospital were an orthopaedic surgeon and a respiratory consultant.

Another UK-based Nigerian doctor told Saturday PUNCH that the hospital’s high standard of care comes at a premium.

According to the female doctor, the clinic caters mainly to the super-rich, adding that patients are charged thousands of pounds daily for specialised services, particularly in intensive care and private suites, where discretion, luxury, and top-tier medical attention are guaranteed.

“It is the best and largest private clinic in the United Kingdom. It deals with surgery, robotic surgery, ENT surgery, plastic surgery, and the best in specialised services,” she said.

She added that the hospital is equipped with advanced da Vinci Xi, ExcelsiusGPS, NAVIO robotic surgical technology, 3 T Siemens MRI, multiple CT scanners, PET-CT, ultrasound, digital mammography and other cutting-edge diagnostic systems.

In terms of staffing and expertise, the doctor said, “The clinic boasts an impressive roster of professionals with renowned specialist consultants, many of whom are Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons and hold additional high-level certifications.”

However, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health seen by Saturday PUNCH, the cost of a bed space at the general ward is around £586.59 per bed day.

“These costs may not include other potential fees or charges associated with your specific treatment plan,” the report noted.

Speaking about its ICU, the clinic, on its website, said, “Our Standard Mortality Rate averages around 0.7 which the Critical care Peer Review states ‘would put the unit in the top 10% of the country’ and has consistently maintained low death rates all of which are reviewed at Mortality and Morbidity Meetings within the clinic.”

It added that, “Patient Experience feedback continues to demonstrate 95-100% satisfaction with their treatment across the MDT with numerous comments and compliments mentioning excellence in staff attitude, caring, compassionate, along with recognition of speciality surgical support and rehabilitation.”

Findings by Saturday PUNCH showed that The London Clinic has provisions for international patients whose treatment is sponsored by their governments, embassies, or companies.

While the Federal Government has not confirmed whether it covered the cost of Buhari’s treatment in London, the Remuneration of Former Presidents and Heads of State (and Other Ancillary Matters) Act requires the government to provide for the medical expenses of former presidents and their immediate families. This provision covers treatment both within Nigeria and, when necessary, abroad.

High-cost medical tourism

In 2021, President Buhari approved the construction and equipping of a 14-bed Presidential (VIP) Wing of the State House Clinic, in the Presidential Villa at the cost of N21bn.

As of March 2022, the government said it had disbursed N10.06bn for the construction of the N21bn of the clinic.

While briefing the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs, the Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijanni Umar, said the clinic was 80 per cent completed.

Umar added that the project would be delivered by the end of December 2022 or latest during the first quarter of 2023.

But despite this, Buhari’s successor, President Bola Tinubu, has continued to embark on foreign medical trips, mostly to France, gulping millions of naira in public funds.

Tinubu’s first known medical trip to France occurred shortly after his election in March 2023 when he was flown to the country for treatment following a period of strenuous campaigning.

However, findings by Saturday PUNCH revealed that the Federal Government may have spent at least N13.4bn on international medical trips and travels for former Presidents Muhammadu Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan, and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua over a 16-year period.

The bulk of the spending, drawn from annual State House allocations between 2007 and 2022, covered dozens of foreign hospital visits and diplomatic engagements across at least 40 countries.

Buhari, during his eight-year reign, spent at least 225 days outside the country on medical trips, visiting no fewer than 40 countries since 2015.

Eight months after assuming office, the former President embarked on his first medical trip to London, United Kingdom, on February 5, 2016, spending six days.

His second medical trip followed four months later, on June 6, 2016, during which he spent 10 days treating an undisclosed ear infection.

On January 19, 2017, Buhari embarked on his second longest medical trip to London, spending 50 days away.

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In May of the same year, barely two months after his last trip, he returned to London for what became his longest medical stay, lasting 104 days.

He did not return to the UK for medical purposes again until May 2018, when he spent four days on a follow-up review.

In March 2021, Buhari once again departed for London on what the Presidency described as a “routine medical check-up,” which lasted 15 days.

His departure came amid a labour crisis in the health sector, during which members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors commenced an indefinite strike over unpaid allowances.

Almost a year later, on March 6, 2022, the ex-President travelled to London again for medical reasons. This time, he spent 12 days.

On October 31, 2022, Buhari departed from Owerri, the Imo State capital, to London for another medical check-up that lasted about two weeks. He returned to the country on November 13, 2022.

Former presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, consistently defended Buhari’s foreign medical trips, stating that he “has used the same medical team for about 40 years.”

In a recent interview following Buhari’s death, Adesina argued: “If he had said I’d do my medicals in Nigeria just for show off or something, he could have long been dead.”

In total, Buhari embarked on 84 trips to 40 countries during his time in office.

Between 2016 and 2022, the State House allocated a total of N6bn for his international travels, a good number of his foreign trips were for medical engagements.

However, Buhari was not the first Nigerian president to spend lengthy periods abroad for medical or diplomatic purposes.

The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua embarked on at least four foreign medical trips to Germany and Saudi Arabia, along with a major working visit to the United States.

Over his 32 months in office, he spent a total of 109 days overseas receiving treatment.

Between 2007 and 2009, the State House allocated N2.4bn to international travels under Yar’adua’s administration, part of which he spent on medical needs.

Goodluck Jonathan, who succeeded Yar’adua, also undertook numerous foreign trips between 2010 and 2015.

In 2012 alone, he spent at least 45 days outside Nigeria, travelling 18 times to various destinations across Europe, Asia, North America, and South America.

Over the five years, he spent in office, the Federal Government allocated a total of N4.9bn to fund his international travels and transport.

NMA, MDCAN, NARD kick

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Medical Association; the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria, and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors have criticised political leaders for consistently seeking medical care abroad while neglecting the country’s healthcare system.

Speaking with Saturday PUNCH, the President of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, Dr Tope Osundara, described the trend as not only disheartening but an indictment on Nigerian leaders’ investments in the sector they are expected to strengthen.

Osundara expressed disappointment that Nigerian leaders continue to patronise foreign hospitals despite annual budget allocations to domestic medical facilities like the State House Clinic.

“It’s more like building a company, investing resources in it, then refusing to use the product and telling others to trust it. It tells you that something is fundamentally wrong with the system, with the people entrusted with managing it.

“There was a time when the former president, Muhammad Buhari made some utterances that they should abolish this medical tourism. But unfortunately, before he died, he was even at the forefront of going abroad for treatment. Even a former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, disclosed that he and Buhari were admitted to the same hospital in London shortly before Buhari passed away. This tells you that Nigeria’s healthcare system is in bad shape.”

The NARD President said it was ironical that Nigeria was advocating universal health coverage while the country’s leaders “are not patronising the facilities that you have.”

“You are telling people to come and buy something, and you are not taking those things that you are advertising to people. So, that means you are giving them poison; because if you are not giving them poison, you should be able to swallow those pills, and that is when people can trust you,” Osundara said.

The NARD President also criticised Buhari’s ex-spokesperson, Adesina, over his recent remarks.

“It’s unfortunate that such utterances came from someone who served as the media aide to the late President. When you say Buhari would have died if he used a Nigerian hospital, you are indirectly saying Nigerian doctors are incompetent. That’s a false and dangerous narrative,” Osundara said.

He recalled that during Buhari’s administration, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo once fell ill and was treated successfully in Nigeria.

“We have competent professionals who can provide adequate care, whether in the private sector or in public hospitals. If those in the corridors of power cannot trust the very system they are building, it raises serious questions about why medical tourism continues despite all the advocacy against it,” he added.

He said failure to trust and fund the health system in the country not only demoralises healthcare workers but also fuels brain drain, adding that “Nigeria is losing billions to foreign hospitals. Instead of building capacity here, we’re subsidising other nations’ healthcare systems with our taxpayers’ money.”

On his part, the President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Bala Audu, emphasised that while individuals are free to seek care wherever they choose, the consistent reliance of public office holders on foreign hospitals despite Nigeria’s budgetary allocations to domestic healthcare speaks volumes about misplaced priorities.

He said, “Healthcare is a personal matter, and people follow their doctors wherever they go, even across borders if they can afford it. But when public officials entrusted with strengthening our health sector consistently opt for foreign hospitals, it raises serious concerns. It shows a lack of faith in the very system they are supposed to be building and sustaining.

“We need to restructure our public hospitals to reflect three key issues. Firstly, personnel. There is a need that government concentrates on doctors and nurses. If these two categories of healthcare providers are in place, you don’t have a problem. Secondly, we need equipment and equipment maintenance. Number three, the entire workplace environment should be made conducive for doctors and nurses to work.

“Nigerian doctors and nurses are working tirelessly. There are doctors who work, and stay in the hospital for seven complete days, working 24 hours. The same thing with our nurses.”

Reacting to Adesina’s comment, Audu noted that his remarks inadvertently demean Nigerian healthcare professionals.

“If his (Adesina) implication is that you live longer just by going abroad, then that’s not just unscientific, it’s deeply offensive to the many competent Nigerian doctors and nurses saving lives every day under difficult conditions,” he said.

Audu noted that Nigerian healthcare professionals are globally celebrated for their expertise and work ethics, especially when given proper tools.

“The issue has never been about competence. Nigerian doctors and nurses are among the best in the world. The real problem is the lack of adequate infrastructure and equipment, particularly in public hospitals,” he added.

On his part, the President of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria, Prof. Muhammad Muhammad, has said that while leaders and citizens alike retain the right to seek treatment abroad if they choose to do so, it is ideal for Nigerian hospitals to be upgraded and equipped to handle all forms of medical care.

Muhammad emphasised the need for consistent government investment in local health infrastructure, nothing that every citizen should be able to access the full range of medical services required for their condition.

“What we are saying is that there should always be effort from the side of government to ensure that people who are citizens are made to be able to access all the levels of healthcare services their health would require.

“The government should provide the equipment and facilities we need here, and if they advocate against medical tourism, they should stay here to receive treatment,” he said.

He called on the Federal Government to not only strengthen public hospitals but also to support the growth of private super-speciality facilities within the country.

“The Federal Government should, in addition to developing government hospitals, create an enabling environment where super-speciality private hospitals can be encouraged to develop, so that the limitations of government hospitals can be overcome by private hospitals,” he said.

He also urged the government to adopt strategies used in countries like India and Egypt, where deliberate support, such as tax waivers, import duty exemptions, and accessible funding, has helped private hospitals grow into globally recognised centres of excellence.

According to him, such investments would reduce foreign exchange losses, boost employment, and enhance local healthcare delivery.

Source: https://punchng.com/Inside-£3,500-per-day-elite-London-Clinic-where-Buhari-died

3,500 British Ponds per day! Every single day! Meanwhile there's no standard government hospital in the country he led for 8 years!

This is article is a real eye 👀 opener.
It shows one of the numerous reasons why Nigeria will remain underdeveloped.
When our political, business, religious and even traditional leaders prefer spending the resources of the country both stolen and legitimately earned in foreign countries at the detriment of the state. For me it's not even about the cost but just imagine if it was a Nigerian hospital/clinic, our doctors and nurses with other clinical staffs working there would be well paid and the multiplier effect will trickle down to everyone.
This is the sad reality we find ourselves even in other sectors of the economy like education and tourism etc...
Nigeria will be great again.🙏🙏🙏

From the information on its website, the facility boasts 13 intensive care beds, 10 operating theatres, five Macmillan Cancer Support Centres, approximately 900 surgeons and physicians and attends to over 120,000 patients across the world annually.

With this huge number, it's a glorified General Hospital. Nothing special per se
There should have been an independent autopsy on Baba with Nigerian experts there.

I will not be surprised,if if on thorough investigation, there's a professional negligence somewhere. This is nott a particularly exclusive facility and I am surprised that this is the kind of affordable mass-market 'gbogbo ero' clinic our Ex-President patronize. Smh.

Btw, not everyone who uses the facility or dies in the facility use the ICU o.

Money cannot buy life

A lesson those in power today making themselves God should learn

Nice and beautiful place to take your last breath.

You definitely making it to heaven if you lucky to die inside such magnificent building filled with competent expertise.

You cannot die inside LUTH and make heaven. No way!

He was looking forward to his doctor’s visit on Monday, only to start having breathing challenges, then the doctors rushed in to rescue the situation but eventually he died


This kind lie, how does it sound, so he died because his special doctor was waiting to come on Monday….in an over 4.5m naira per day hospital…


No wonder Helinus and his brother Yarimo were paid 30k monthly and 1GB data for 8 years, not knowing that the bulk of their salary were going into Buhari medical vacation.

CoronaVirusPro:
Nice and beautiful place to take your last breath.

You definitely making it to heaven if you lucky to die inside such magnificent building filled with competent people expertise.

You cannot die inside LUTH and make heaven. No way!

Of course my brother, you can't die in such nice and civilized environment serviced by top medical personnel spending pound sterling not poor hungry naira o... You will most definitely be on the front row in heaven.
🫡🫡🫡

CoronaVirusPro:
Nice and beautiful place to take your last breath.

You definitely making it to heaven if you lucky to die inside such magnificent building filled with competent expertise.

You cannot die inside LUTH and make heaven. No way!

Hahahahhahahahahaha hahahahah, laugh wan kill me.
Very funny.

CoronaVirusPro:
Nice and beautiful place to take your last breath.

You definitely making it to heaven if you lucky to die inside such magnificent building filled with competent expertise.

You cannot die inside LUTH and make heaven. No way!

I disagree,

It's turn by turn. We've been telling them to build better hospitals for Nigeria but corruption will not allow them do.
1- someone or some people benefited from the money spent on hospital visitation, either money or traveling opportunity.
2- remember what aishat buhari said about the hospital in villa despite the yearly allocation.
3- The leaders don't feel safe in the hands of their people. If possible ni they will rather employ foreign security ahead of Nigeria.

Until the masses wake up and challenge the excesses of leaders it will still continue and they won't change. Ire ooo

Our national hospital was designed to cater for such medical needs but today, it's become a shadow of itself. Another facility in abuja I know well is a state house clinic which aba kyari splashed a whopping sum but Buhari's daughter had to pay for ordinary syringe while her mum had to wait endlessly to have xray done cos the machine wasn't functional. A Paediatric wing was once shut down due to lack of equipment.

What amazes me the most is the unpatriotic behaviour of these so-called leaders. Past leaders before the apc came, still tried in equipping government hospitals. Since apc took office, it's been propaganda upon propaganda in all sectors. The other day, a whole UPTH didn't have ordinary water and babies died in large number due to this. Who will be held accountable? Only God can judge that. As if that wasn't enough, UCH and LUTH had power issues for several days, during which a lot of innocent lives were lost, those who couldn't afford London clinic. Anyone who looked at buhari in 2015 would guess he had cancer. The prolonged stay in the UK suggested that he was undergoing chemo. We have great doctors and hospitals who could have taken care of that back home. Why spend so much on hospitals when little or nothing would be achieved from it? Guys please quit smoking and alcohol. I won't expatiate.

This reminds me of the novel i once read,entitled The Man Died by Wole Soyinka After all the wastages of the poor masses, he still died there eventually, while most of the poor masses he cheated with healthy life are still alive. I'm so happy God exists and He's no respecter of persons. Everybody will be judged according to their deeds. Sadly, this is the time he's supposed to be enjoying his retirement. Ask the likes of obj who travels freely enjoying himself. He'd tell you how fun life means in retirement. You don't enjoy when in power and that's why they look so depreciated quickly. You enter with fully dark hair but leave grey-haired.

FreeIgboho:
3,500 British Ponds per day! Every single day! Meanwhile there's no standard government hospital in the country he led for 8 years!

You mean the London hospital is owned by government? How many standard hospitals did England government have?

olaolaking:
You mean the London hospital is owned by government? How many standard hospitals did England government have?

I googled it. See below

You ruled a country for eight years, you did not build any world class hospital and you went and died in a foreign country hospital, is it not a shame?

Even our leaders understand that this country has no future, yet the masses are fighting each other over the crumbs being given to them by their politicians using ethnic and religious divisive methods
No one, not even the politicians special assistant or PA can use this facility, we've decided to be slaves in this country, they send us to fight ourselves while they settle themselves and live like arabian princes 👸
We are not serious in this country, we are in live with our chains

chigoziri2403:
Even our leaders understand that this country has no future, yet the masses are fighting each other over the crumbs being given to them by their politicians using ethnic and religious divisive methods
No one, not even the politicians special assistant or PA can use this facility, we've decided to be slaves in this country, they send us to fight ourselves while they settle themselves and live like arabian princes 👸
We are not serious in this country, we are in live with our chains

30k monthly hustlers no go allow us rest. Dem don buy nairaland over sef . But their money no reach buy twitter🤣🤣😊😊

Till when we get a President who has the political will to transform our health sector. Buhari was struggling for his health almost throughout his tenure.

FreeStuffsNG:
From the information on its website, the facility boasts 13 intensive care beds, 10 operating theatres, five Macmillan Cancer Support Centres, approximately 900 surgeons and physicians and attends to over 120,000 patients across the world annually.

With this huge number, it's a glorified General Hospital. Nothing special per se
There should have been an independent autopsy on Baba with Nigerian experts there.

I will not be surprised,if if on thorough investigation, there's a professional negligence somewhere. This is nott a particularly exclusive facility and I am surprised that this is the kind of affordable mass-market 'gbogbo ero' clinic our Ex-President patronize. Smh.

REST

Obviously they uses taxpayers money to go for medical abroad while abandoning our health sector in a mess back home

And still baba kaput.

FreeStuffsNG:
From the information on its website, the facility boasts 13 intensive care beds, 10 operating theatres, five Macmillan Cancer Support Centres, approximately 900 surgeons and physicians and attends to over 120,000 patients across the world annually.

With this huge number, it's a glorified General Hospital. Nothing special per se
There should have been an independent autopsy on Baba with Nigerian experts there.

I will not be surprised,if if on thorough investigation, there's a professional negligence somewhere. This is nott a particularly exclusive facility and I am surprised that this is the kind of affordable mass-market 'gbogbo ero' clinic our Ex-President patronize. Smh.

"Gbogbo ero' clinic that you cannot even afford to be admitted into their cheapest room, which is their standard room that goes for £1,000 to £1,800 per night.

Mention the name(s) of the general hospital(s) in your home state, that matche the facilities and the workforce London Clinic has.

"The hare said the fruit is bitter because he cannot climb the tree".😂😂😂

FreeIgboho:
3,500 British Ponds per day! Every single day! Meanwhile there's no standard government hospital in the country he led for 8 years!

It's not everything you read you believe.

Eriokanmi:
Our national hospital was designed to cater for such medical needs but today, it's become a shadow of itself. Another facility in abuja I know well is a state house clinic which aba kyari splashed a whopping sum but Buhari's daughter had to pay for ordinary syringe while her mum had to wait endlessly to have xray done cos the machine wasn't functional. A Paediatric wing was once shut down due to lack of equipment.

What amazes me the most is the unpatriotic behaviour of these so-called leaders. Past leaders before the apc came, still tried in equipping government hospitals. Since apc took office, it's been propaganda upon propaganda in all sectors. The other day, a whole UPTH didn't have ordinary water and babies died in large number due to this. Who will be held accountable? Only God can judge that. As if that wasn't enough, UCH and LUTH had power issues for several days, during which a lot of innocent lives were lost, those who couldn't afford London clinic. Anyone who looked at buhari in 2015 would guess he had cancer. The prolonged stay in the UK suggested that he was undergoing chemo. We have great doctors and hospitals who could have taken care of that back home. Why spend so much on hospitals when little or nothing would be achieved from it? Guys please quit smoking and alcohol. I won't expatiate.

This reminds me of the novel i once read,entitled The Man Died by Wole Soyinka After all the wastages of the poor masses, he still died there eventually, while most of the poor masses he cheated with healthy life are still alive. I'm so happy God exists and He's no respecter of persons. Everybody will be judged according to their deeds. Sadly, this is the time he's supposed to be enjoying his retirement. Ask the likes of obj who travels freely enjoying himself. He'd tell you how fun life means in retirement. You don't enjoy when in power and that's why they look so depreciated quickly. You enter with fully dark hair but leave grey-haired.

I was discussing this subject in another thread. One reason why our public utilities are delapidated is because our elite don’t use them. The blame is not totally on the elite. Let me explain

An elite goes to a Nigerian hospital and he finds an ember of staff has leaked his medical records, details of his illness, photos taken of him leaked to the public. So he goes where he knows his privacy will be respected. We talk about Nigerian doctors being the same doctors they encounter abroad. But ask most people who have fallen victims to medical malpractice in Nigeria, most of the time the problem is not down to the doctor but the after care…the nurses and the medical staff!

It’s the same with our educational system and all other aspects.

With education we say let’s increase fees so that all of us can send our children to state schools in Nigeria and all of us can get good education at home. The masses will protest. So the elite send their childre n abroad because they know you cannot deliver good education for a booming population with the funds available to government. No country with our population and youth demography has free university education. If universities were allowed to increase fees, the rich would subsidize the poor instead of what currently happens where we subsidize the education of foreigners abroad when we pay foreign fees. Their children get good jobs because they got good degrees and have jobs waiting for the , the masses who protested fee hikes graduate and can’t get jobs because employers know their degrees are mostly worthless.

Same thing with fuel subsidy. We were paying cheap petrol to burn all the petrol on bad roads and spend 5 hrs on journeys that should take 1hr. The elite started buying jeeps to navigate the bad roads and flying private jets. Now that subsidy is gone, more roads are being built!

So the masses are part of the problem too. For a public system to work the elite must have a stake in that system. Public services cost money, if you chase the elite away from a system because you protest over fee hikes, it’s the masses you hurt mostly because the elite will not lower their standards and will always find a solution for themselves.

Well regardless of how much the bills he was entitled to it ...And for those saying why foreign facilities instead Nigeria hospital. The problem is that to trust Nigeria doctor or nurse is the major problem. Not that there's no hospital that can treat them.

And truly we have seen many case whereby Nigerian doctors put the life of their patients in a high risk.

Buhari never wished to be treated in such expensive place abroad since he developed world -class hospitals in Nigeria during his time as president.
He was practically forced to take treatment abroad against his wish by family and friends.

Tax payers money

There was truly a country.

Late Prof. Chinua Achebe saw far