President Buhari Pays Medical Bill Of Girl Shot By Robbers

After his visit to the Trauma Centre of the National Hospital, Abuja, to see some survivors of the bomb blasts in the Federal Capital Territory, President Muhammadu Buhari paid the medical bill of a young girl in the paediatric ward of the hospital.

President Muhammadu Buhari at the hospital in Abuja, to visit victims of the bomb blasts

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And according to the president’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina, President Buhari assured the survivors of the attack that the federal government would take care of their medical bills, but there was a mild drama after his visit to the paediatric ward of the hospital.
A woman reportedly broke into tears on sighting Buhari and she drew his attention.
It was later reported that she narrated to the president the story of how her daughter was shot by armed robbers. Buhari subsequently ordered that her daughter’s medical bill be cleared.
Read Adesina’s full statement here:
President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday in Abuja took succour to survivors of Friday night’s bomb attacks on Nyanya and Kuje in the Federal Capital Territory.
On a visit to the survivors of the attack who are receiving treatment at the Trauma Centre of the National Hospital, President Buhari wished them full and speedy recovery.
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The President reassured the survivors that the Federal Government will take full responsibility for settling their medical bills.
He also directed his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari to settle the N268,790.00 medical bill of a young girl in the Paediatric Ward of the hospital.
The girl’s mother, Deborah Stephen, had broken into tears on seeing President Buhari. She told him that her daughter had been shot by armed robbers who raided their home and that the family could not afford the medical bills.
The President who was accompanied by his personal aides and Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, visited the intensive care unit, the paediatric unit and general wards of the National Hospital.
Expressing his appreciation of the President’s visit, the Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Dr Jafaru Momoh said that it will help the patients’ recovery by giving them a greater psychological sense of being valued and loved by their country.
While commenting on the bombings in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), President Buhari noted that the end of the insurgency in Nigeria is getting closer, as he urged Nigerians not to panic following Boko Haram’s recent bombings.