Nigerians Weigh Cost of Buhari's Medical Vacation Abroad

17 February 2017

The real cost of President Muhammadu Buhari's continued stay in London for his medical vacation and the attendant fraternal trips by politicians dominated the social media landscape yesterday. Some Nigerians called on government to improve the nation's health system and make it more suitable for medical tourism.

Circulating in social media platforms was the year 2000 World Health Organisation's (WHO) ranking of the World Health Systems in which Nigeria was placed 187th of 190 countries -- worse than Liberia (186th), Malawi (185th), Mozambique (184th) and Lesotho (183rd) and only better than Democratic Republic of the Congo (188th), Central African Republic (189th) and Myanmar (190th).

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