Alex Otti, Governor of Abia State, will flag off the construction of Abia Medical City worth $1.3 billion early July, 2025, a project designed to reverse medical tourism in Nigeria.
Also to be flagged off soon, are 11 rural roads projects and three agro-logistics hubs or markets under the World Bank- Assisted Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP).
Okey Kanu, Commissioner for Information? made this while briefing journalists at Government House Umuahia on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting chaired by Governor Alex Otti.
“The Abia Medical City is the signature project that will ultimately reverse medical tourism, not just in Abia State or the Southeast, but in the whole of Nigeria and the West African sub-region.
“This flagship project when completed ,will transform the state into a major hub for advanced medical services.
“It occupies a land space of about 200 hectares, and will feature a 1,000-bed capacity hospital, which will be equipped with state-of the-art facilities.
“It will also feature facilities for medical tourism, a five-star hotel complex and accommodation for both patients and their families”, Kanu said.
The Commissioner noted that the project is in a collaboration between the Abia State Government and MKP International Holdings on a build, operate and transfer business model with the State Government, offering its reputation, land, and other logistics.
He disclosed that the access road to the proposed site for the Medical City is already nearing completion, adding that the facility is projected to be delivered within 24 months.
Kanu, who said that the 11 rural roads and 3 agro- markets soon to be flagged off, would cut across the three Senatorial Districts,,and 17 Local Government Areas of the State, involving a lot of beneficiary communities.
Kanu said that the three markets are located in Obinto – in Arochukwu LGA, Uzuakoli in Bende LGA and Ndoru in Ikwuano LGA.
