Buhari Approves Redesignation Of State House Clinic To Medical Centre

Buhari Approves Redesignation Of State House Clinic To Medical Centre

President Muhammadu Buhari has authorized the renaming of the State House Clinic the Medical Centre.

Tijjani Umar, Permanent Secretary, State House, made the announcement on Wednesday in Abuja following a pre-commissioning inspection of the new Presidential (VIP) Wing of the State House Medical Centre by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; and Minister of State, Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Clem Agba.

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”In March 2019, the President had given approval that the State House Medical Centre, Asokoro, which was facing challenges with funding, deterioration of infrastructure and equipment, be scaled down to a Clinic until the challenges were addressed.

”Now with improvement in the problem areas and the addition of the new VIP Wing with state-of-the-art facilities, we can no longer operate as a Clinic. It is now to operate as State House Medical Centre,” he said.

Umar stated that everything is in place for the President to inaugurate the new world-class facility, which will be added to the Administration’s growing list of completed and commissioned legacy projects.

He went on to say that calibration, testing of equipment, and training of medical personnel are all ongoing, and that the presidency is determined to keep the Centre fully operational and well-maintained after it is inaugurated.

Addressing State House correspondents, SGF Mustapha described the newly constructed VIP wing as “money well spent,” expressing his excitement and fulfillment that the project was completed within a year as planned and will be commissioned after less than a year and a half of equipping.

The Minister of Finance also expressed delight that the project was delivered ”dead-on-time”, and ”on budget”, recounting that funding for the edifice was provided on time in the 2022 appropriation. ”The facility here is world class and we are looking forward to the inauguration very soon ”.

”I have volunteered myself as one of the people that will come for medical here on test run to testify that what we have here is comparable to the best around the world,’’ she jocularly said.

On November 1, 2021, the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, performed the ground-breaking ceremony at the VIP wing, and work began in earnest by Julius Berger Nigeria (JBN), the construction company that built the Presidential Villa.

The VIP Wing, a specialized/Intensive Care Unit dedicated to the President, Vice President, and other VIPs, has a total floor area of 2,485m2 on a suspended floor with a basement.

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