Buhari Settles N268,790 Medical Bill Of Armed Robbery Victim, Visits Victims Of Abuja Boko Haram Attacks

President Muhammadu Buhari has 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 National hospital, Abuja who was attacked by armed robbers.
The President, who visited the Trauma Centre of the hospital today to sympathize with the survivors of the last Friday bomb attacks in Kuje and Nyanya, the two satellite towns of the federal capital territory, Abuja, stumbled on the young girl whose mother busted into cry complaining that she had no money to settle the medical bill.
A statement by the special adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina said that the girl’s mother, Deborah Stephen, had broken into tears on seeing President Buhari.
“She told the President 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 also sympathized with the survivors of the Friday bomb attacks in two locations of the federal capital territory and who are receiving treatment at the Centre. He wished them full and speedy recovery.
The President reassured the survivors that the Federal Government will take full responsibility for settling their 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.
The Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Dr. Jafaru Momoh told the President that the patients need a greater psychological sense of being valued and loved by their country to help them recover. [myad]