The Senate on Thursday instructed State House officers to restrain the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), from foreign trips for clinical remedy so that it will ensure the State House health facility becomes purposeful this yr.
The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs gave the warning whilst the State House Permanent Secretary, Tijani Umar, regarded earlier than the panel to shield his 2021 finances estimates.
The State House reputable had offered a budget of N19.7bnfor 2021, out of which N1.3bn become proposed for the State House Clinic.
Reacting to the concept, the Chairman of the Senate panel, Senator Danjuma La’ah, said the committee could approve the finances for the State House Clinic but insisted that the President and different top officials of his government need to not be flown abroad for clinical remedy.
The Permanent Secretary in an interview with newshounds after defending his price range promised to place essential preparations in region to satisfy to scientific needs of the President and other pinnacle officers once the budget become accredited.
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