Chinese Government provides $12.5 million grant for China-Nigeria Friendship Hospital Construction Project (Linked to Project ID#61184)

On August 23, 2007, the Chinese Government and the Government of Nigeria signed a $12.5 million grant agreement for the China-Nigeria Friendship Hospital Construction Project. This project involved the construction of the 150-bed Federal Staff Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria. The Government of Nigeria donated the 4.85 hectares of land where the hospital was built. It also provided the necessary infrastructural facilities, which included portable water, electricity and temporary access roads. Anhui Construction Engineering Group Overseas Co., Ltd. was the contractor responsible for implementation. It signed a project implementation contract on August 7, 2009. Then, construction commenced on May 20, 2010 and was completed by April 2012. The China-Nigeria Friendship Hospital (or Nigerian-Chinese National Hospital) was officially commissioned and handed over to the Nigerian authorities on January 28, 2013. The Chinese Government also agreed to provide a supplementary grant of medical equipment and materials worth 250 million Naira (see Project ID #61184).

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This project is also known as the Federal Staff Hospital Construction Project. The Chinese project title is 尼日利亚医院项目 or 中国—尼日利亚友好医院 or 中国援建的尼日利亚综合医院项目.

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