President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N21.9 billion for the construction and equipping of a 14-bed space Presidential Clinic. The Permanent Secretary, State House, Umar Tijjani, disclosed this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs to present the 2022 budget proposal of the establishment. He said Julius Berg-er Nigeria (JBN) would construct the clinic and that work on the project would start on November 1, 2021 and would be commissioned on December 2022.
Tijjani said the clinic would contain 14-bed facilities with total area of 2,700 square meters, adding that there would be an underground, first floor, two operating theatres, two executive suites, two VIP wards, two Isolation wards and a six-bed isolation area in the building. He also said there would be a laboratory, healing garden, pharmacy, and X-ray facility in the clinic.
Tijjani said: “The project was conceived in 2012 by the previous administration and the brief was produced. It was estimated at about N21.9 billion and the facility contains 14 bed space with total area of 2,700 square meters. There will be underground and first floor. He also said that most of the preliminary work had been done, saying “we have gone to the Bureau of Public Procurement to get Certificate of No Objection”.
The permanent secretary said JBN was picked for the job because they built the State House and has been maintaining it since 1990. He also said the firm was considered for security reasons. Tijjani said the clinic would be open to other African Heads of State. But a member of the committee, Senator Nicholas Tofowomo (PDP Ondo South), expressed dissatisfaction with the failure of the permanent secretary to show a pictorial view of the proposed health facility. However, some other members, including the Chairman, Senator Danjuma La’ah, commended the initiative of the Federal Government for the project.
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