On Monday, Femi Gbajabiamila, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, gave a tour of the N21 billion new Presidential Clinic that was built by Muhammadu Buhari’s administration last year.
The government stated that the hospital, which is housed in the grounds of Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja and has cutting-edge amenities, aims to reduce medical tourism by the first family and other high-ranking government officials.
After taking a tour of the facility, Gbajabiamila gave the facilities excellent marks and said that the project’s cash had been wisely spent.
while asked what he thought of the facility, Gbajabiamila replied, “After being here for a few months, I thought, let’s have a look and see exactly what is going on. There’s been a lot of buzz about this clinic, not just today, even while I was in the National Assembly as Speaker.
“I’ve seen, and you went around with me, so I’m sure you’re as impressed as I am. This clinic has extremely high standards, much like any other place in the world. The apparatus is top-notch. As far as I can tell, there are some pieces of equipment that aren’t even widely available worldwide.
As for clinics, the best have just given me a lecture about kidney transplants. They have excellent equipment and know a lot about what they can do. Among many other things, there’s a world-class catheter lab.
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“We have a piece of equipment called C-ARM, and it makes me happy that, as Speaker of the House of Representatives, at least I can see where the money is going.”
“Therefore, they just need to finish up and make all the necessary arrangements, and then we can be confident that we have an international-caliber clinic like this one,” the speaker said.
When questioned about the meaning of the CoS, Dr. Jane Ifechukwu, Chairman, Clinical Services, responded by dotting the “I’s” and crossing the “T’s.” outlined how “everything is in place” starting from the point when the previous government ended. However, the phrase implied that they wanted this administration to control the proceedings.
“Our principals have supported us; now is the time for them to give us the go-ahead. Similar to how the Villa Clinic was operating, this is skeletal. Here, that is what we do. However, once we cross all the Is, we are unable to make decisions for ourselves; if they give us the all clear, we can proceed.
