Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday, officially toured the N21 billion Presidential Clinic in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The clinic was conceived and delivered by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2022.
 
It was built to stem the frequent medical tourism by the first family, senior government officials and visiting Presidents.  Speaking after the tour, Gbajabiamila, who rated the facility high, expressed satisfaction with the edifice. He added that the budget allocated to the project was judiciously utilised.
 
On his impression of the facility, Gbajabiamila said “there has been a lot of talk about this clinic, not just today, even when I was in the National Assembly as Speaker. So, I thought, having been here a few months, let us have a look and see exactly what is going on. 
 
“I have seen, I am very impressed and I am sure you are, as well, because you went around with me.”

This is a clinic like anywhere in the world. The standard is very high. The equipment is world class. From my understanding, there are some equipment that you would not even find in too many places all over the world.” 
 
Chairman, Clinical Services, Dr Jane Ifechukwu, who was asked what the CoS meant by dotting the ‘I’s and crossing the ‘T’s said: “The last administration stopped; with everything in place. But they wanted this administration to drive the process; that was the language. We have carried our principals along; it is for them to give us a go-ahead. What we have here is skeletal, just the way we were having the Villa Clinic. That is what we do here. But once we dot the ‘I’s, we cannot make decisions on our own; they give us the go-ahead and we are good to go.”