Atiku Abubakar: I May Not Patronise Nigerian Hospitals If Elected President

Atiku Abubakar has stated that if elected president in February, he might not entirely rely on Nigerian hospitals for his own healthcare.

“Health facilities that cater to my health may not be available.” Mr Abubakar said at the ongoing dialogue airing on AriseTV. “We have limitations; we know we have those limitations.”

iexclusivenews reports that Mr Abubakar’s response came when asked whether or not he would turn to the country’s medical establishments as president to set a clear leadership that deemphasises patronage of foreign hospitals by the country’s elite.

The former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has lived in Dubai, the commercial hub of the United Arab Emirates, since the late aughts, only coming into the country for important holidays and political activities,

Peter Obi of the Labour Party said he would use Nigerian doctors if elected president, adding that available facilities would be improved to meet global standards.

Nigerians have long decried the elite’s hasty migration to foreign nations for medical treatment, a trend they blame on the health system’s mismanagement in their nation.

In order to see his doctors, President Muhammadu Buhari has kept going abroad, mostly to the United Kingdom.

Every other month, the president has taken a flight to London to receive premium care paid for by Nigerian tax payers.

The president has dismissed Nigerians’ accusations of insensitivity, claiming that he has been using UK doctors since the 1970s.