Before President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu is sworn in, President Muhammadu Buhari has moved from the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, where he previously resided, to the Glass House.
According to Newsmen, since 1991, departed presidents have lived in the Glass House, a transient building.
The President’s relocation also makes it possible to maintain the house in order to have it ready for the next resident.
To make place for Tinubu’s personal aides and important Presidency officials, presidential aides have started packing up their personal items after Buhari moved.
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The president’s primary mansion was being painted white, while some of its areas were being cleaned and fumigated, a top State House insider reportedly revealed.
“You know that most of the structure is white. So, the renovation will involve repainting of the stained sections and replacing fittings that have gone weak or bad. The furniture may not be changed. But that will depend on the new President,” the source said.
To avoid last-minute attention from “overzealous security officials,” who might be taking pictures to give the impression that the aides were engaged in last-minute looting of the residential apartments, it was noticed that the President’s aides started packing their personal belongings out of the Villa earlier this month.
Personal books, electronics, furnishings, and other belongings that weren’t bought with public money, according to one presidential adviser, were among the things being removed from the Villa.
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Another aide of the President told Newsmen, “Since we all know that the tenure of the present administration ends on May 29, which is about 17 days, why will we wait until the new appointees start to resume before we move out?
“Already, the President and his family have also moved from the main building to a smaller one within the Villa, and I am sure that the first family will soon start moving their belongings out of the Presidential Villa.
“The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has taken the incoming First Lady round the residential areas and buildings in preparation for the handover. So, what are we going to be waiting for? The outgoing First Lady did that because she knows the incoming First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu.”
Meanwhile, the N21 billion VIP wing of the State House Clinic, which is now a medical center, has taken the place of the Villa Clinic, which was previously located in the State House’s administrative area.
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Hospital beds, surgical suction equipment, oxygen cylinders, miniature theatre light stands, pedal bins, dressing bowls, filing cabinets, and blood collection tubes are just a few of the items that officials have evacuated.
A medical staff member announced to the audience that the outdated tools will be moved to the former Aso Villa Clinic outside the Villa because they would not be required at the VIP area.
The medical officer said, “We are moving them to the old Aso Clinic outside, while we move to the VIP Clinic. All our staff members are relocating there since it has been completed.
“Villa staff members can use the clinic as an outpatient clinic, but they will not be admitted there. It is only for senior officials.”
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On the State House Management’s plans for the now-empty clinic, the source said, “I don’t know what they plan to convert this place to. But what I know is that we will no longer be there.”
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