The Federal Government on Monday approved the establishment of a National Snakebite Research and Medical Centre in Kaltungo, Gombe State.
It also approved N128.29bn across five health and aviation projects, including the procurement of tuberculosis commodities worth N62bn, reproductive health drugs worth N25bn, ten blood donation vans worth N6.9bn, and the construction of the Gboko airstrip in Benue State at N34.39bn.
The approvals followed Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja.
It was the first since March 4, 2026, when the President had last convened the council and swore in the Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun’s successor, Tunji Disu.
Briefing State House correspondents after the meeting, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Pate, said council considered four critical health items, beginning with the upgrade of the existing snakebite treatment facility in Kaltungo into a full research and medical institution with an expanded mandate for clinical services, research and training.
