Confusion as National Hospital Abuja is sealed

National Hospital, the largest hospital in West Africa has been sealed by the authorities of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board.

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The hospital formerly established for the care of women and children under Decree 36 of 1999 Act 36 of the 1999 Constitution was sealed off on Tuesday, July 12, over unpaid debts environmental sanitation rendered to it by the AEPB.

Chief press secretary to the minister of the Federal Capital Territory Muhammad Sule said the sealing off of the hospital followed an FCT chief magistrate’s order over the debt owed by the National Hospital.

Sule said the chairman of the ministerial task team on the recovery of over N9 billion owed the AEPB executed the order.

The recovery task team was established by the FCT Administration . He said the court gave the order after it issued three different summons to the chief medical director of the National Hospital J.A. F. Momoh.

He said Momoh  however failed the honour the court summons.National Hospital, the largest hospital in West Africa has been sealed off by the authorities of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board.

The hospital formerly established for the care of women and children under Decree 36 of 1999 Act 36 of the 1999 Constitution was sealed off on Tuesday, July 12, over unpaid debts environmental sanitation rendered to it by the AEPB.

 

Oyo-Ita had also warned that if the government ministries, agencies and departments do not comply with the rules, the monies owed will be deducted from their first line charge by the federal government.

 

Source: Naij

 

 

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