Kwara Gets Federal Govt's $7m Diagnostic Facility
Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority Healthcare Development and Investment Company (NHDIC), has signed an agreement with the Kwara State government on its diagnostics and oncology expansion programme to build, equip, maintain and operate a private modern medical diagnostic centre and catheterisation laboratory in Ilorin, the state capital.
The project is estimated to cost the NSIA around $5-7 million and is set to commence before the end of this year.
The State's Commissioner for Health, Dr Raji Razaq, signed the agreement with the NSIA in Abuja on behalf of the state government.
Kwara is in the first phase of the programme along with Kaduna and Enugu States, with each centre running as a joint venture between Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and the respective States.
The programme is designed to curb medical tourism by providing Kwarans and Nigerians with access to world-class healthcare delivery.
The result is the provision of high quality, affordable and accessible healthcare to the local market, creation of jobs and development/training on the required clinical resources.
The centre will be located in the existing Harmony Diagnostic Centre Complex along New Yidi Road in Ilorin, according to specifications of the NSIA.
The complex will now be upgraded into what will be called the Asa Dam Medical Village, thereby creating a hub for several medical and pharmaceutical facilities, while positioning Kwara State as a new local alternative for quality healthcare.
Former managing director, Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, Uche Orji, said at the event that: “The broader goal of the programme is to establish, in two phases, a portfolio of 23 diagnostic centres, seven catheterization labs and two oncology centres across Nigeria.”
He appreciated Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq for his cooperation and willingness to partner with the NSIA on this new journey, which will upgrade the existing healthcare infrastructure in the State.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Yusuf Abubakar AGM Professional Services Omoniyi Abdulkarim Adisa Yahaya Abdulkareem Modupe Oluwole BIR Sunday Otokiti Yekeen Alabi Ibrahim Abikan Convocation Ceremonies Post-utme Shururat Olatinwo Kwara 2015 Abiodun Musa Aibinu Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union Ogbondoroko Ayodele Olaosebikan ARMTI Press Release Justina Oha Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao Dan Iya Umaru Saro Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji Offa Descendants Union Doyin Agbamu Abdulbaqi Jimoh Olugbense Esuwoye Bashiru Makama Lafiagi Budo-Egba Zubair Folorunsho Erubu Principal Private Secretary Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia Oloyede Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem Garment Factory Prince Sunday Fagbemi Offa Metropolitan Club Mustapha Olanipekun Ilorin Metro Park Ilorin South Kolade Solagberu Olosi Of Osi Ahmed Idris Mohammed Olaoye B. Felix Mahmud Ayinla Giwa C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng Kwara State Fish Farmers Association Standard Organization Of Nigeria Saka Adeyemo Garba Idris Ajia Olatunji Ayeni Hijaab IHS All Peoples Party Taiwo Joseph Saka Balikis Kehinde Al-Ilory Col. Adedipe Nnazua Towoju Moses Adekanye Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria Abatemi-Usman Oye Tinuoye Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi Centre For Digital Economy Federal Road Maintenance Agency Post Utme Kwara Liberation Group Medview Airlines Ayo Adeyemi Abubakar Baba Sulaiman

