We did not receive capital allocation in 2017

We did not receive capital allocation in 2017 – Aso Rock Clinic

Aso Villa Clinic have insisted it did not receive any capital allocation in 2017.

Permanent Secretary of the State House, Jalal Arabi, said this in a statement issued on Sunday.

Aso Villa Clinic have insisted it did not receive any capital allocation in 2017.

Permanent Secretary of the State House, Jalal Arabi, said this in a statement issued on Sunday.

Arabi said this could be verified from the Ministries of Finance and Budget and National Planning.

“The attention of the presidency has been drawn to recent media reports suggesting that the State House Medical Centre had received N11.01billion as appropriation for the period 2015-2017.

“According to the permanent secretary, State House, Jalal A. Arabi, contrary to the above claims, out of the total capital appropriation of N2.9 billion and recurrent appropriation of N465 million for the period under reference, only the sum of N969 million (representing 32.97%) for capital and N225 million (representing 48.41%) for recurrent was actually released.

“It may interest the public to know that there was zero capital allocation for the medical centre in 2017, while out of the N331 million being the recurrent appropriation for 2017, the actual amount released up to September was N91 million (representing only 27.54%),” read the statement signed by Attah Esa, Deputy Director of Information, at the State House.