The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has given his approval for the re-designation of the State House Clinic back to the Medical Centre.
Permanent Secretary of State House, Tijjani Umar, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja after a pre-commissioning inspection of the new Presidential (VIP) Wing of the State House Medical Centre.
The commissioning was done by Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF.
‘Now, with the 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,’ Umar said.
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Umar disclosed that all is set for the President’s inauguration of the new world-class facility to add to this administration’s growing number of completed and commissioned legacy projects.
He added that the calibration, equipment testing and training of medical personnel are ongoing.
He said the presidency is determined to ensure that the Centre remains fully operational and well-maintained after the inauguration.
Africa Today News, New York recalls that in 2019, Buhari had downgrounded the facility owing to infrastructural deficit.
Meanwhile, with about 67 days to left before an official hand over the reins of power to the incoming government, the United States of America (USA) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to remove fuel subsidies which is a controversial issue in Nigeria before bowing out of office on the 29th of May, 2023.
Africa Today News, New York reports that the Buhari administration had recently vowed to remove the controversial petrol subsidy before the end of the current federal government.
Hajiya Zainab Ahmed who is the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning made this known while attributing the delay in the removal of the subsidy, as provided for in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021, to the 2023 general election and the forthcoming national population census.
Speaking during a courtesy visit to the headquarters of VON in Abuja, she however disclosed that no conclusion had been reached on how to mitigate the effect of the proposed fuel subsidy removal on the citizens.