COVID-19: FCT Minister Offers Land For NNPC’s Medical Facility
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Muhammad Musa Bello has offered a parcel of land to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its partners to build one of the permanent medical facilities pledged by the Coalition.
The offer is in furtherance of the discussions between the NNPC Medical team and the FCT Administration on the possibility of developing a healthcare facility in Abuja for the benefit of all residents and other Nigerians
The minister during a visit to the NNPC towers stated that some space within the area earmarked for Abuja medical plan had been allocated to the corporation and its coalition.
“We have already identified a location because within the Abuja Master Plan we have a Medical City Development Project which is in Phase 2 of the City on the Southern Sector. We have been able to allocate a suitable piece of land there for the NNPC and its partners. I have no doubt whatsoever, based on your antecedent as an astute corporate manager, that you are the right partner to execute this project”, he said.
The Minister presented a copy of the site offered for the proposed NNPC Medical facility to the GMD stating: “We acknowledge the efforts of NNPC as a catalyst for development in Abuja and we felt that if an institution like NNPC is willing to set up a medical facility, we should give it maximum support”.
Bello who also visited the 70-bed NNPC Medical facility in Utako which is being upgraded as part of the corporation’s investment in the healthcare sector in the Federal Capital Territory expressed satisfaction at the quality of work and assured of its inclusion on the list of hospitals certified to handle COVID-19 patients should the pandemic persist.
He commended the leadership of the NNPC for rallying the Oil and Gas Industry to support the nation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the GMD for his sterling performance since assumption of office.
The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyari said the corporation as a responsible and proactive corporate citizen had initiated the idea of establishing a state-of-the-art medical facility in the nation’s capital city even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He emphasized that NNPC’s aspiration was to build infrastructure that would outlive the COVID-19 pandemic and capable of bringing real-time value to Nigerians.
He appreciated the Minister for graciously allocating land for the proposed health facility.
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