President Bola Tinubu has ordered Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Mohammad Pate, to immediately put necessary machinery in place for the takeoff of the Federal University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Akure.
In line with Tinubu’s order, Prof. Pate dispatched a team to Ondo State to ascertain what structures were on ground so that the new teaching hospital could be included in the 2025 budget.
Director of Hospital Services, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Jimoh Olawole Salaudeen, who led the Presidential team to Akure, the Ondo State capital, inspected the permanent site where the hospital would be located.
Salaudeen also inspected the Akure Annex of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching which would serve as temporal site for the teaching hospital to take.
Speaking to journalists after the inspection, Salaudeen said he was satisfied that the teaching hospital would soon become operational due to available facilities on ground.
According to him: “There was a directive from Mr. President that there shall be in Akure a federal teaching hospital. This mandate was given to the Minister of Health Mohammad Ali Pate that we should move in quickly to ensure the institutions is established.
