First Lady, A’isha Buhari, has stated that the newly inaugurated 21 billion Presidential Wing of the State House Medical Centre will eliminate the need for future presidents and their families to seek medical treatment abroad.
She stated this after President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the new N21 billion Presidential/VIP Wing of the State House Medical Centre, located within the precincts of Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Speaking to State House reporters after the President had caught the tape and concluded a guided tour of the facility, the First Lady, said the facility would stop the need for the president and his family members to go abroad for medical treatment.
Mrs. Buhari said she bought the idea of executing the project six years ago, following the extensive stay of her husband abroad for medical treatment.
She said now that the facility is in place, Nigerian Presidents and their family members will no longer need to go abroad for treatment but may only fly medical experts to assist their colleagues in the country.
According to her, “The hospital that is supposed to serve the First Family is serving like 35,000 people, which is quite a lot. That’s why I insisted we should have a VIP Wing within the proximity of the presidential villa”, she said.
On whether the medical centre will now make it unnecessary for Nigerian leaders to go abroad for treatment, she responded: “Yes; this one is for the health and wellness of the First Family. They don’t need to go abroad now. They only need to maybe fly in experts to help our people. You know. So, no need for any leader to spend months and months abroad because of health care”.
