Nigeria’s minister of health has refused to criticise the country’s president’s preference for seeking medical attention in the United Kingdom. President Buhari returned from London Friday after a three-day medical trip. His media aide Garba Shehu said the latest visit was at the behest of his doctors whom he saw during a “technical stopover” on his way from Washington. Speaking on Channels Television’s Hard Copy on Friday, Prof Isaac Adewole, Nigeria’s health minister said Buhari’s choice of foreign medical treatment was not an indictment on the quality of the healthcare in the country. Buhari was in the UK for months in 2017 to attend to a “health challenge” that still remains a secret.

Source: The Guardian May 12, 2018 09:00 UTC