During his visit to the Trauma Centre, National
Hospital, Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari
surprised the public when he ordered for the
payment of over N200,000 to settle the medical bill
of a young girl named Miss Stephen.
He directed his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari to
settle the medical bill of the young girl in the
Pediatric Ward of the hospital amounting to N268,
790.
In a statement signed by Mr Femi Adesina, the
president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,
Buhari was at the Trauma Centre, National
Hospital, Abuja to see and wish the injured victims
and survivors of the bomb attacks speedy
recovery.
The statement said the girl’s mother, Deborah
Stephen, broke into tears on seeing the President.
She narrated her ordeal to the president, saying
her daughter was shot by armed robbers who
raided their home and that the family could not
afford the medical bills.
Buhari, who was accompanied by his personal
aides and Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, visited
the intensive care unit, the pediatric ward and
general wards of the Hospital.
The statement further said the President reassured
the survivors that the Federal Government would
take full responsibility for settling their medical
bills.
Dr Jafaru Momoh , the Chief Medical Director,
conducted the president round the National
Hospital.
Momoh expressed appreciation for the visit, noting
that it would help in the recovery of the patients by
given them psychological sense of being valued
and loved by their country.
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