December 10, 2024
Niger Govt Signs N30.5bn Hospital, Redevelopment Contracts
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Niger Govt Signs N30.5bn Hospital, Redevelopment Contracts

Niger Government has signed contract agreements for the conversion of Shiroro Hotel to Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Teaching Hospital (IBBUTH) and the redevelopment of the three-arms zone at the cost of N18.9 billion and N11.6 billion respectively.

Gov. Mohammed Bago made this known while speaking during the signing of the contract agreements in Minna today.

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In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim , Bago said the IBBUTH project has two different companies to handle it while the three-arms zone project has five companies to execute it. The IBBUTH will be completed in 12 months and the three-arms zone in 18 months. The governor said his administration is making frantic efforts to ensure that the state is transformed.

Bago expressed optimism that the projects when completed will create employment, solve health problems, reduce medical tourism and increase transfer of skills as well as knowledge.

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