Foundation of a first class Presidential wing of the State House Clinic has been laid in Aso Rock to take care of the health challenges of the President, Vice President, their families and visiting heads of State from other countries.
The facility, which construction began immediately is expected to be commissioned in December, 2022. It is expected to make foreign medical trips by President unnecessary.
The Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, who performed the ground breaking ceremony of the facility today, November 1, at the presidential villa, said: “this is an essential facility because we have to have the best facility for the President, the first family and other very distinguished senior officials of government.
“It is also a facility that, when finished, will be at the disposal of visiting dignitaries who may require medical assistance during their visit.”
According to the Chief of staff: “nobody will remember much what we say but generations to come will remember what is done, which is to begin the process of constructing what will be first class, state of the art facility which will be best and appropriate for the leadership of this country.”
This was even as the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina lauded the idea behind the project.
He said that for years and decades to come, the facility would serve the sitting and visiting Presidents as well as other dignitaries.
Permanent Secretary in the State House, Tijjani Umar, stressed the importance of the foundation laying event as it was done in keeping with the timelines approved for the construction of the Clinic.
Present at the occasion were the Chief Medical Director, State House Clinic, Dr. Munir Hussaini Yakasai and other members of the State House top management as well as the construction team of Julius Berger, Nigeria.
