{"id":82329,"date":"2026-01-31T04:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T04:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82329"},"modified":"2026-01-31T04:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T04:45:20","slug":"wike-hands-over-12-ambulances-to-fct-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/31\/wike-hands-over-12-ambulances-to-fct-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike Hands Over 12 Ambulances to FCT Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Thursday handed over 12 ambulances to hospitals across the territory to strengthen emergency healthcare services.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the handover ceremony, Wike said the initiative reflects the FCT Administration\u2019s commitment to prioritising critical sectors beyond road infrastructure and education.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that improved road networks are essential for the effective operation of emergency vehicles, noting that poor roads can undermine rapid response during medical emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also disclosed that the administration has begun the procurement process for the rehabilitation and furnishing of 14 health centres across the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he said the FCT Head of Civil Service and relevant area council chairmen have been directed to recruit more personnel for the health sector.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Mandate Secretary of the FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, described the procurement of the ambulances as a major step towards improving emergency healthcare delivery in the territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Thursday handed over 12 ambulances to hospitals across the territory to strengthen emergency healthcare services. Speaking at the handover ceremony, Wike said the initiative reflects the FCT Administration\u2019s commitment to prioritising critical sectors beyond road infrastructure and education. He explained that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,184,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-health","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82331,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82329\/revisions\/82331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}