BREAKING: STOP BUHARI, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM MEDICAL TRIPS ABROAD - SENATE TELLS STATE HOUSE
The Senate on Thursday warned State House officials to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari and other top Government heads from flying abroad for medical attention.
The upper chamber noted that the move was to ensure that the State House clinic becomes functional in 2020.
The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs gave the warning when the State House Permanent Secretary, Tijani Umar, appeared before the panel to defend his 2021 budget estimates.
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The State House official had presented a budget of N19.7bn for 2021, out of which N1.3bn was proposed for the State House Clinic.
Reacting to the proposal, the Chairman of the Senate panel, Senator Danjuma La’ah, said the committee would approve the budget for the State House Clinic, however insisted that the President and other top Government officials should no longer embark on foreign trips for medical attention.
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After defending the budget, the permanent secretary told newsmen that he would put necessary arrangements in place to meet the medical needs of President Buhari and other top Government officials as soon as the budget is approved.
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