Kwara govt hands over upgrade of civil service hospital to contractor
As part of an effort to improve health care delivery, the Kwara State Government, through the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, handed over the reconstruction and upgrade of the State Civil Service Hospital to the contractor.
Dr Amina Ahmed El-Imam, the state commissioner for Health, during the handling, said the expansion work is to accommodate the pace of traffic to the hospital, especially after the Ilorin General Hospital has become a tertiary health facility.
El-Imam said the contractor has been mobilised and is due on site soon.
She said, “Today, we are witnessing the handing over of the Civil Service Clinic from the Ministry of Health to the contractor, Craneburg Construction Nigeria, for a complete revamp.”
“It is going to be a massive project that will contain a lot of amenities to deliver top-notch health services to the people of Kwara State and beyond.
“This project means an elevation of the Civil Service Clinic to the standard that the people of Kwara deserve. It is a centrally located facility that has, over the years, serviced people and provided them with good healthcare. However, the demand has outstripped its capacity.
“Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, in his typical style, decided that rather than erecting small rooms, the hospital needed to be completely overhauled and upgraded.”
The Commissioner said the new civil service hospital would provide cutting-edge healthcare to the people, particularly residents of GRA, Fate, Tanke, Basin, Gaa Akanbi, and Sango, among others, adding that the upgrade of the Ilorin General Hospital to the State University Teaching Hospital has created gaps for secondary healthcare services, thereby necessitating the turnaround of the civil service hospital.
On his part, the Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Segun Ogunsola, said the project would be a modern facility that takes care of health challenges the residents were facing, adding that the contractor that would be handling the project is reliable and competent enough to deliver a great job.
However, Craneburg representative Elio Khowiy said the company would not compromise the standards of the work and that the first phase of the project would be delivered in 18 months.
The site handover ceremony was attended by the Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Segun Ogunsola; General Manager of the State Public Procurement Agency, Raheem Abdulbaqi; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Afsat Nike Ibrahim; and representative of the Craneburg Construction Nigeria, Elio Khowiy; among other dignitaries.
