Minister says details of Buhari’s medical bills will not be made public

chika ebuzor

March 29, 2017 10:31 PM

President Muhammadu Buhari was in London receiving medical treatment for 49 days.

Minister of information, Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the details of President Buhari’s medical issues will not be made public.

The minister also revealed that the issue of the President’s bill falls under national security matters, adding that the Freedom Of Information (FOI) Act excluded such issues.

This is coming after Punch wrote a letter, in line with the Act to the presidency requesting for details of Buhari’s medical bills.

According to Mohammed, “This matter (the President’s medical bill) has come several times and our position on the matter is quite straight forward.

“What are the President’s conditions of service? What are his entitlements in terms of his well-being and health care? The state is supposed to take responsibility for these.

“We believe that asking for how much has been spent on the health of the President is an issue that we should weigh very well both for national security and also for moral issues. I don’t know why we must divulge such very sensitive information.

“I might be wrong but I don’t have experience else where that the President of any country will be ill and be forced to disclose how much the state has spent on his health.

“Yes, there is Freedom of Information Act but it is also carved in such a way that when such information is likely to endanger national security, I think it is an area that is not covered.”

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