By John Ikani
Permanent Secretary of the State House, Mr. Umar Tijjani has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the construction and equipping of a 14-bed space Presidential Clinic at the cost of N21.9 billion.
Tijjani made the disclosure on Thursday while presenting a N40 billion budget proposal for the State House to members of the Senate Committee on Federal Character.
According to him, the Presidential Clinic was conceived in 2012 by the previous administration and will be open to people from other African countries for medical treatment.
Speaking on features of the Presidential clinic, Tijjani said it will contain 14-bed facilities with a total area of 2700 square meters, adding that there will be underground, first floor, two number operating theatre, two number Executive Suit, two VIP, two Isolation and One number of six-bed isolation area in the building.
He said that there will be a laboratory, healing garden, pharmacy, and x-ray facility in the clinic.
Tijjani added that Julius Berger Nigeria, JBN, will construct the VIP clinic and the physical construction will start on November 1, 2021, and the Commissioning will be done on December 31, 2022.
Explaining why JBN was picked as the contractor, Tijjani siad it was because they built the State House and have been maintaining it since 1990,
He also said “most of the preliminary work has been concluded, and we have gone to the Bureau of Public Procurement to get Certificate of No Objection.”
