Aisha Buhari criticizes the state of Aso Rock clinic

-Aisha Buhari laments the inability of the Aso Rock clinic to treat ailments.

Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has slammed the management of the Aso Rock Clinic for their inability to treat basic infirmities despite the heavy financial commitment the government has committed to the clinic.

Mrs. Buhari’s criticism is coming barely a week after her daughter, Zahra Buhari took to her Instagram page to criticise the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Jalal Arabi, for his inability to provide even Paracetamol tablets to the clinic despite a budget of N3 billion for the provision of drugs to the hospital.

Mrs. Buhari made the statement while speaking at a stakeholders meeting on Reproductive, Maternal, Nutrition, Child Advocacy and Health and Nutrition, RMNCAH+N, at the State House, Abuja, on Monday.

The President’s wife disclosed she recently fell ill and was advised to travel to London for treatment, but she refused.

“I called the Aso Clinic to find out if they have an X-Ray machine, they said it’s not working
“In the end I had to go to a hospital owned and operated by foreigners 100 per cent”.

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“There is a budget for the Hospital and if you go there now, you will see a number of constructions going on but they don’t have a single syringe there. What is the purpose of the buildings if there are no equipment there to work with?”

“You can imagine what happens across the states to governors wives if this will happen to me in Abuja,” she said.

The management of the Aso Rock Clinic management, had last week, blamed the shortage of funds for its inability to fulfill its obligations and therefore pushed for the commercialization of the services of the clinic.