Tag: State House

State House budgets ?15bn for SUVs, car tyres, others

Aminu Imam
State House budgets

The State House has earmarked ?15.09bn for the purchase of tyres for bulletproof vehicles, Sport Utility Vehicles, (SUVs), operational vehicles, and plain cars, and the construction of an office complex for Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants. It also proposed a total sum of ?5.49bn as a provision for the annual maintenance of the Presidential Villa. These details were disclosed in the newly released 2025 Appropriation Bill by the Budget Office of the Federation on Thursday. Recall that President Bola Tinubu presented the 2025 Budget titled: “Budget of Restoration: Securing…

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State House management honours retirees as Permanent Secretary tasks staff on team work

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The management of the State House, Abuja, has honoured some retired members of staff in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the country during their active years in the civil service.Attah Esa, Deputy Director (Information), State House, confirmed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday.Esa said that the retirees, 19 in all, including four in the directorate cadre, were honoured with gifts presented to them by the Permanent Secretary, Tijjani Umar, at a dinner in Abuja on Saturday.Presenting the gifts to the retirees, Umar said that they were…

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‘Stop medical tourism abroad’ – Senate to State House officials

Aminu Imam

Ø Says Buhari should use State House Clinic  State House Officials were yesterday asked by the Senate to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from foreign trips for medical treatment in order to ensure the State House clinic becomes functional this year. This warning was issued by the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs when the State House Permanent Secretary, Tijjani Umar, appeared before the panel to defend the State House 2021 budget estimates. Recall that the State House official had presented a budget of N19.7bn for 2021, out of which…

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Presidency bars public from State House hospital

Ishaku Yohanna

Thousands of residents who receive care at the State House Medical Centre (SHMC) in Abuja may have to look elsewhere as the Presidency on Thursday announced plans to restrict public access to the facility. The decision, which will mostly affect the Asokoro facility of the State House hospital, is due to “dwindling resources leading to a lean budgetary allocation to the facility,” the Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar, said. “This has made this decision inevitable,” he said. Umar made the announcement in his remarks at the opening of a…

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