The Nigeria Senate on Thursday told officials of the State House Clinic, which was created to cater to the medical needs of the first family and State House officials, to make it functional in order to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from seeking medical treatment abroad.
The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs gave the charge when the State House Permanent Secretary, Tijani Umar, appeared before the panel to defend the proposed 2021 budget.
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Umar had presented a budget of N19.7 billion for 2021, out of which N1.3 billion was proposed for the State House Clinic.
The chairman of the Senate panel, Danjuma La’ah, said the committee would approve the budget for the State House Clinic but demanded that the president and other top officials of his government should no longer be flown abroad for medical treatment.
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