President Muhammadu Buhari plans to pump over N20 billion into the construction of a new presidential wing at the State House Clinic.
The amount far outstrips allocations for new and ongoing projects in 14 federal teaching hospitals, a 2022 budget proposal analysis by Premium Times shows.
The president has asked the National Assembly to approve N21.9 billion for the “construction of a presidential wing at the State House Medical Center” in 2022. The project has already received N1.4 billion since 2020, meaning by next year it would have received N23.3 billion in total.
Meanwhile, the amounts proposed for ongoing and new projects in 14 federal hospitals sum to N19.17 billion.
