I don't know who is paying for Buhari's medical bills - Femi Adesina

President Muhammadu Buhari special adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Monday said that he has no idea who is paying for the medical bill of the president.

Mr. Adesina said this in an interview on Channels Television talk show, Politics Today.

“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.