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“41 years after decrying ‘consulting clinics,’ Buhari dies in foreign hospital”
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“41 years after decrying ‘consulting clinics,’ Buhari dies in foreign hospital”

Sani Abacha declared in a coup broadcast that “our health services are in shambles as our hospitals are reduced to mere consulting clinics without drugs.” The next day, 41-year-old Muhammadu Buhari assumed power as Nigeria’s military ruler. Exactly 41 years later, Buhari passed away in a foreign hospital — a stark irony that underscores decades of unfulfilled promises in Nigeria’s healthcare system.

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