Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity on Monday said he had no idea who is paying the medical bill of the president.
He disclosed this in a Talk Show program “Politics Today” on Channels Television while responding to questions.
Mr. Adesina said details of how payments for Mr Buhari’s hospital bills are footed do not matter.
“Does it matter at this point?” he said in response to a question posed by the programme presenter.
“We need to know, he is our president. He is a public official. This shouldn’t be shrouded in secrecy,” the presenter, Seun Okinbaloye, replied him.
“I do not know who is paying,” Mr Adesina said, “but as a president, he has a right to be treated by the country.”
When asked specifically whether Nigeria is taking care of the bill, he said: “Most likely. I don’t not know for sure.”
Mr Adesina, who was a part of the delegation that met Mr. Buhari during the weekend, explained that the president was “sharp, he was smart, he was lucid.”
“But like I said in the statement we issued, he will come when his doctors say ‘it’s time to go home’,” he argued.
