The Nigerian Senate on Thursday told State House officials to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from embarking on foreign trips for medical treatment.

The recommendation was given in order to ensure the State House clinic becomes functional this year.

The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-governmental Affairs gave this recommendation when the State House Permanent Secretary, Tijani Umar appeared before the panel to defend his 2021 budget estimates.

The State House official had presented a budget of N19.7bn for 2021 out of which N1.3bn was proposed for the State House Clinic.

The Chairman of the Senate panel, Senator Danjuma La’ah, said the committee would approve the budget for the State House Clinic but insisted that the President and other top officials of his government should no longer be flown abroad for medical treatment.

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