NASS Applauds Standard Facilities In FCT Hospitals

The National Assembly (NASS) has applauded the leadership of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) led by the FCT minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, over the provision of standard facilities in its hospitals.

Members of the Senate Committee Chairman on FCT described the facilities provided by the FCT administration in its hospitals as of high standard, and indeed, the best in the country.

Chairman of the committee, Senator Smart Adeyemi, stated this while carrying out an oversight function on the projects being implemented by the FCT in Abuja.

Adeyemi pledged the support of the National Assembly to the administration in its quest to provide state–of–the–art facilities across its hospitals for the benefit of the teeming population.

He said Abuja is a city for all Nigerians and the city managers must be prepared to expand its social facilities to accommodate all who are willing to live and do legitimate businesses in the territory.

The lawmaker also requested the establishment of a new hospital in Nyanya to decongest the only government-owned hospital in the area.

He, therefore, urged the FCT administration to consider the interest of the masses in all its programmes and vowed to make budgetary provisions for healthcare services an utmost priority.

Also, the permanent secretary, of FCT, Olusade Adesola, who represented the minister, Mallam Muhammad Bello, said the administration had plans to build and install modern facilities such as MRI, X-Ray machines, and Radiology equipment in Asokoro hospital.

He revealed during the tour that plans were in top gear for the establishment of model schools across the FCT as well as upgrade facilities at Government Science Secondary School, Pyakassa, Maitama-Abuja.

The permanent secretary noted that the influx of people into the FCT was over-stretching the social facilities and infrastructure provided by the government and urged NASS to ensure adequate budgetary provision for their expansion.

Adesola, while appealing to the National Assembly to support the efforts of the administration in providing critical infrastructure for the well-being of the residents, said the administration would always make judicious use of resources provided to it by the National Assembly.