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.
ER-KANG Mining Olukotun Of Ikotun Overland IHS Umar Adelodun Yusuf Abdulwahab Www.Kwarareports.com Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations Baba Adini Of Kwara State Ayobami Seriki Lotus Bank Prince Bola Ajibola Femi Oladiji Segun Abifarin Arik Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah Monkey Pox Eleyele Obayomi Azeez Gwanara Yusuf Badmus Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa Alabi Lawal Gamji Members Association Ile Arugbo Najim Yaasin Maryam A. Garuba Ben Duntoye Hassan Saliu Ilorin Amusement Park Hameed Oladipupo Ali Wole Oke Special Agro-Industrial Hub Ilorin General Hospital Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency Ayekale Olushola Saraki Saheed Alakoso Ronke Adeyemi Ayedun Al-Ilory Seun Bolaji Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu Ilorin West Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade Al-Adaby REO CAKES Mohammed Lawal Bagega Yakubu Gobir Abubakar B.M Taibat Ayinke Ahmed Ibrahim Orire Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Students Union Government Kwara State Fire Service Jamiu Oyawoye Alaiye Matthew Babaoye AbdulGafar Tosho Abdulbaqi Jimoh Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu Adama Isa Alapansapa Elewu Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria Rachael Obisesan Old Oyo Abdulrazaq Sanni Samuel Adaramola Tinubu Abdulkarim Adisa Wakilin Mata Lafiagi Stephen Fasakin Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund Aliyu U. Tilde Ahman Pategi Galland Marcias

