Aisha Buhari right on poor state of Aso Rock clinic —Perm Sec

The Permanent Secretary, State House, Abuja, Mr. Jalal Arabi, admitted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, was right on her recent comments on the poor state of the State House Medical Centre.

Aisha had said the hospital lacked basic provisions, including syringes and expressed disappointment that a facility designed to cater for the needs of the first family could be left in that condition.

The development had prompted the House of Representatives to pass a resolution to probe how the N10.9bn allegedly released to the clinic between 2015 and 2017 was spent.

The permanent secretary confirmed to the committee that the clinic was indeed in a deplorable state.

However, he took time to explain to the committee that the problem was caused by inadequate funding of the clinic over the years. He also dismissed the report that N10.9bn was released to the clinic between 2015 and 2017.

UCJ, UNILORIN.