By Daniel Tyokua
The minister of the Federal Capital Territory, malam Muhammad Bello has called on the management of African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) to support the Administration in the provision of more infrastructure.
He made the call during a visit by a delegation of the bank led by its President and Chairman, Board of Directors, Professor Benedict O. Oramah to the FCT Administration.
Bello urged the bank to use the proposed location of the Medical Centre of Excellence to power the street and traffic lights within the city.
Though he didn’t mention the location but said, “We feel highly honoured with your tangible presence in respect of the projects you are doing here and we look forward to your investments either directly or as an enabler because as you know, Abuja itself is a city that started from scratch and it’s a work in progress. So, we want enablers like you”.
On electricity generation and possible areas of support from the bank, the Minister said that Nigerian laws made provisions for the Eligible Customer that consumes electricity in excess of 2 megawatts to independently source for electricity.
He said that the FCT could explore this possibility with support from the bank.
The African Export Import Bank, (Afreximbank), a pan-African multilateral trade finance institution with its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt is set to construct an African Medical Center of Excellence in Abuja.
Bello who received the delegation, expressed his excitement about the project and said that establishment of the Medical Centre in Abuja will not only attract people seeking medical attention within the African continent to the Center, but also reduce medical tourism from Nigeria.
He commended Afreximbank for its various projects and investments in the FCT.
Earlier, Afreximbank’s President, Professor Benedict Oramah said the bank’s team was in the FCTA to brief the Minister on the progress made on the construction of the African Medical Center of Excellence and the African Trade Center in Abuja.
