Nigerians in London have taken to the streets to protest Muhammadu Buhari’s continued stay in the United Kingdom for what the Presidency calls a ‘routine medical check-up’.
#TheHarassBuhariOutOfLondon rally that started on the the 2nd April, 2021 has been a resounding success with the crowd swelling by the day. Convener of the rally, Reno Omokri, was at Buhari’s residence, Abuja House, 2 Campden Hill, Kensington, London W8 7AD to protest against the President’s visit to seek medical treatment in the UK while Doctors back in Nigeria are on strike as a result of poor treatment from government.
Buhari has visited London for medical reasons since he was first inaugurated President on May 29, 2015. On February 5, 2016, Buhari embarks on a six-day medical vacation to London for an undisclosed condition. He spent 104 days in 2017 after a long medical visit in London.
Nigerian doctors will begin their strike on April 1 2021, to protest about delayed salaries among other vital issues. The health practitioners are demanding, amongst other things, payment of all salaries arrears, review of the current hazard allowance to 50 percent of consolidated basic salaries of all health workers and payment of the outstanding COVID-19 inducement allowance especially in state-owned tertiary Institutions.
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Speaking at the #HarassBuhariOutOfLondon Protest Omokri said
‘Buhari is most irresponsible. He left his country on the day resident doctors began a strike and came to the UK to take care of his own health. He has been in office for over 5 years, and he is yet to initiate, start and complete even one hospital. Will Boris Johnson fail to build hospitals for the British then run to Nigeria to treat himself?
“Muhammadu Buhari is not running a government. He is running a criminal enterprise. He killed peaceful, unarmed #EndSARS protesters asking for good governance, and now he is in London to secure his life and enjoy the benefits of British good governance? Send the coward back home to fix the mess he created.”
“Buhari has budgeted over ₦10 billion Naira for the Aso Rock State House Clinic in the five years he has been in office. Is that not enough money to build a hospital and train doctors that can treat him and other Nigerians? Yet, his own wife said that the clinic can’t even provide ordinary paracetamol. Google it”
Nigerians at the #HarassBuhariOutOfLondon protest, they chanted “Go back home Buhari”. Many carried various placards asking Buhari to return to Nigeria. The British press was also on hand to cover the protest.
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