Buhari cited parts of the speech last Thursday while inaugurating his “Change Begins With Me Campaign”, aimed to restore Nigeria’s image.
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Obama said, “So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other”.
The presidency reacts to allegations claiming that president Buhari spent about £6 million (almost N3 billion) to treat an ear infection in London.
Presidential spokespersons, Femi Adesina, and Garba Shehu, did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES requests for comments on the disciplinary actions being taken against the deputy director.
Shehu said, “The disclosure on Prof”.
He added, “The story reads like an incredible tale by moonlight that belongs to a different era, which fortunately is now history”.
“I’m prepared to share documents with Farooq, one of the brightest ever produced from the Bayero University Kano (BUK) that the whole treatment, including a follow-up visit by a specialist to Nigeria didn’t cost 50,000 pounds”.
Mr Shehu maintained that President Buhari would have rejected the bill if the doctor had charged him £6m.
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The President, who disclosed this at the High-Level Summit on “Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants” on the margins of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States, said such intervention programmes include: the Presidential Intervention Committee on Rehabilitation of the North-East, the Victims Support Fund, the Safe Schools Initiative and the proposed North-East Development Commission now undergoing legislative process. But was it possible that the account of this balanced journalism teacher was hacked? The case was particularly embarrassing to the presidency, especially as it came at a time U.S. officials scheduled a meeting between President Obama and President Buhari.
