Aisha Buhari Returns From UAE Medical Trip

The first lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, yesterday thanked all Nigerians for their prayers and well wishes while she was away for medical treatment in the United Arabs Emirates (UAE).

The wife of the president in a statement, said : “I am well now and fully recovered and have since returned home, Nigeria.”

She said the Nigerian Air Force flight encountered a violent clear air turbulence which was navigated safely and professionally by the captain and crew of the aircraft on the way back home.

Hajiya Buhari, therefore, lauded and appreciated the courage and professionalism of the captain and his crew as well as those she called “the wonderful gallant service men and women of the entire Nigerian Air Force” for their dedication to duty and the quality of maintenance of its fleet.

The first lady, while speaking on the challenges in the health sector in the country, recalled that when she hosted the private healthcare providers earlier in the year and had a very productive engagement where the issue of building the capacity of Nigeria health sector was the major focus, funding was discovered to be the major challenge.

She, therefore, called on healthcare providers to take the advantage of the federal government’s initiative through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) guidelines for the operation of the N100 billion credit support for the healthcare sector as was released recently and contained in a circular dated March 25, 2020 to the commercial banks.

This, she added, will no doubt help in building and expanding the capacity of the Nigerian health sector and ultimately reduce medical trips and tourism outside the country.

Hajiya Buhari, again, thanked frontline workers and all Nigerians for their steadfastness as “we navigate the challenges facing the entire world.”