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Buhari gives succour to girl shot by armed robbers

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The milk of kindness in President Muhammad Buhari came flowing on Sunday as he provided succour to the family of a young girl short by armed robbers by paying the medical bill of about N268,790.00.
The president made the gesture during a visit to survivors of the Friday night attack in Abuja who are receiving treatment at the Trauma Centre of the National Hospital
The girl’s mother, Deborah Stephen, had broken into tears on seeing President Buhari. She told him 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 thereafter directed his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari to settle the medical bill of the young girl in the Paediatric Ward of the hospital.
A statement by the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina said that the President reassured survivors of the attack that the Federal Government will take full responsibility for settling their medical bills.

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He also wished them full and speedy recovery.
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.

Expressing his appreciation of the President’s visit, the Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Dr Jafaru Momoh said that it will help the patients’ recovery by giving them a greater psychological sense of being valued and loved by their country.

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  1. Oise Oikelomen

    October 5, 2015 at 1:06 pm

    Good. I like this; not just the paying of the bills, but the fact that PMB showed up at the hospital by himself speaks volumes of his sense of responsibility for the lives of Nigerians.

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