The Presidency have come out to denounce a statement credited to Buhari where he purportedly questioned medical trips and also questioned people sending their children abroad for studies.
The statement which has gone viral online was alleged to have been made by the President in 2015 while still vying for the seat of power during a lecture at Chatham house in London.
“What is the difference between me and those who elected us to represent them, absolutely nothing! Why should the Nigerian President not fly with other Nigerian public? Why do I need to embark on a foreign trip as a President with a huge crowd with public funds? Why do I need to go for a medical trip abroad if we cannot make our hospital (sic) functional? Why do we need to send our children to school abroad if we cannot developed (sic) our university (sic) to compete with the foreign ones?” the statement was alleged to have said.
An aide to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina, said that the statement was false and a “concoction by haters and agents of disunity”
Adesina also added that those who created this fabrication did so because they would be unable to defeat the President in a free and fair argument.
“Fortunately, the Chatham House lecture of 2015 is in the public domain. The full text was published by many Nigerian newspapers, and is still available in their libraries and various websites.” he said