President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the construction and equipping of a 14-bed Presidential Clinic which will cost twenty-one billion naira.

This was disclosed by the Permanent Secretary, State House, Umar Tijjani when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, to present his 2022 budget proposal for consideration.

He said the physical construction would start on the 1st of November and would be inaugurated on December 31, 2022.

The Permanent Secretary explained that the Presidential Clinic would contain 14-bed facilities with a total area of 2,700 square metres.

He added that there would be an underground, first floor, two operating theatres, two executive suites, two VIP wards, two Isolation wards and a six-bed isolation area in the building.

He added that there would be laboratory, healing garden, pharmacy, and X-ray facility in the clinic.