President Buhari visits bomb blast victims, settles medical bills of young girl shot by robbers

President Buhari today visited survivors of the Nyanya and Kuje bomb attacks at the National Hospital in Abuja. He was accompanied to the National Hospital Abuja by his personal aides and Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State. He assured the survivors that the Federal Government will take full responsibility for settling their medical bills and wished them full and speedy recovery. He also reiterated his administration's resolve in ending terrorism in Nigeria.

While in the hospital, President Buhari took succour to a young girl admitted at the paediatric ward of the hospital. He directed his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari to settle her medical bills of N268,790.00. The girl’s mother, Deborah Stephen, had broken into tears on seeing him and had told him that her daughter had been shot by armed robbers who raided their home & that the family could not afford the medical bills. 

The Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital Abuja, Dr. Jafaru Momoh expressed his appreciation to the President for his visit He emphasised on the relevance of the visit stating that "It will help the patients’ recovery also give them a greater psychological sense of being valued and loved by their country." 

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