The medical vacation of President Muhammadu Buhari in London is still a
\ntrending topic in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
It has been a total of 103 days since President Muhammadu Buhari left President Buhari has undoubtedly broken many records and set new ones. And President Buhari\u2019s National broadcast to Nigerians was centered on the Upon Buhari\u2019s return from London to Nigeria, his country men and women are Upon Buhari\u2019s return from London to Nigeria, his country men and women are According to sources, President Muhammadu Buhari spent between \u00a3200 and The first Nigerian to embark on such luxury visit was the acting president Five governors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) including the Barely 48 hours after their departure from London, another six PDP The media aides of President Buhari were also not left out.<\/p>\n Among the numerous and luxury visitations to London were the Sen\u00adate Many pundits have argued that the many London trips by government According to our reporter, findings from the market shows that a First For instance, a First-Class seat on British Airways cost between A Business Class ticket for the same route costs between N887, 000 and Meanwhile, most Nigerian politicians, who visited metropolitan London, The least room rate at Hilton is 332 pounds per night. But Hilton Currently, the rate is 2000 pounds per night. At N411 to a pound, each It was gathered that it is interna\u00adtional practice for aircrafts to be According to viral reports online, it costs a whopping \u00a34000 (N1.6m) every To calculate the cost, the president stayed 103 days in London and Furthermore, the cost of maintaining Buhari\u2019s personal physicians, For his continued stay in power, the presidency allegedly sponsored three The pro-Buhari protesters also countered the anti-Buhari protests across To this end, President Buhari\u2019s indefinite medical trip has cost Nigeria a Gbenga edits AljazirahNigeria Newspapers, Tweets @gbengaodunsii<\/p>\n Gbenga Odunsi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The medical vacation of President Muhammadu Buhari in London is still a trending topic in Nigeria. It has been a total of 103 days since President Muhammadu Buhari left Nigeria…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nNigeria for a second medical vacation in the United Kingdom, and he
\nreturned\u00a0on Saturday, the 19th<\/span><\/span>\u00a0day of\u00a0 August, 2017. His arrival ushered
\nin praises from his followers both from the North and South.<\/p>\n
\nnow, many Nigerians are worried about Nigeria, with Buhari and the
\nefficiency and drive to move Nigeria forward.<\/p>\n
\nunity of Nigeria, and other top national issues without making a statement
\non his health status.<\/p>\n
\nbeginning to question the cost of the president\u2019s medical vacation in
\nLondon.<\/p>\n
\nbeginning to question the cost of the president\u2019s medical vacation in
\nLondon.<\/p>\n
\n\u00a3250 per hour, for medical services in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
\nYemi Osinbajo, followed by the wife of the president, Aisha Buahri which
\nmany argued would not necessarily be called a visitor to the President but
\nhad also visited her husband on several occasions in the last 103 days and
\nthereafter left for Saudi Arabia to pray for him.<\/p>\n
\nparty chairman, John Oyegun and Aviation Minister Rotimi Amaechi visited
\nPresident Buhari.<\/p>\n
\ngovernors drawn from six geo-political regions of the country also paid
\nthe president a one-day visit.<\/p>\n
\nPresident, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Speaker, House of Rep\u00adresentatives,
\nHon, Yakubu Doga\u00adra.<\/p>\n
\nofficials and some politicians constitute a strain on public finances and
\nNigeria\u2019s already troubled foreign exchange situation. They felt a video
\ntransmission of a Buhari from London would have solved the political
\ntension raised over time.<\/p>\n
\nClass return ticket to London now cost N3.4million on the low side and as
\nmuch as N5.1million, if on the high side.<\/p>\n
\nN3.6million to N5.1million depending on the travel agency of choice and
\ntime of booking. Other carriers like Emirates offer similar fares of
\nbetween N3.5million and N4.7million. On Kenya Airways, a Lagos-London
\nFirst Class cost about N4million.<\/p>\n
\nN1.1million depending on the time of booking and airline of choice.
\nEconomy Class, which is the last hope of the flying masses ranges from
\nN215, 000 to N360, 000 on Lagos-London route.<\/p>\n
\nlodged at Hilton Hotel on Parklane, which is 17 minutes\u2019 drive from the
\nAbuja house where president Buhari was accommodated.<\/p>\n
\nCosmopolitan Suite is considered the preference of most Nigerian VIPs.<\/p>\n
\nvisitor spent over N800, 000 per night.<\/p>\n
\ncharged for parking after the first two hours of landing in an air\u00adport.
\nTo this end, the federal gov\u00adernment had paid park\u00ading charges on the
\nPresidential Jet that conveyed Mr. President and his entourages to London
\nsince they left the country and upon his return.<\/p>\n
\n24 hours to use a parking lot in London.<\/p>\n
\ncalculating how much spent already based on N400\/1 pound, President Buhari
\nhas spent a whooping N160,000,000.00 on aircraft alone.<\/p>\n
\ncourtiers and entourages in foreign currencies has further deplete the
\nforeign re\u00adserve.<\/p>\n
\npro-Buhari groups with a sum of 20 million Naira each. According to
\nsources and the opposition political parties, the protesters protested in
\nfavour of Buhari\u2019s government and policies.<\/p>\n
\nthe country.<\/p>\n
\nheart-breaking sum of tax payers money in the last 103 days.<\/p>\n