Official Residence of the President at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja
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Ahead swearing the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu into office on May 29, 2023, President Muhammadu Buhari and his aides have vacated the Aso Villa residence to pave way for renovation.
The President is now in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa Glass House, a temporary structure that has served as the abode of outgoing presidents since 1991 from where he will move out finally after spending 8 years as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
His aides have also started moving out their belongings without prompting, given that their time has elapsed.
The building which is 32 years was being repainted in while colour with some of the adjoining cleaned and fumigated.
However, the renovation, which largely entails finishing and fittings, will not include the provision of new sets of furniture as the incoming President will determine whether to change the existing ones or not.
“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.
According to a two-minute video clip earlier published on her Instagram handle, the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, revealed that the Glass House had since been the new residence of the first family.
In March 2023, Buhari approved the re-designation of the State House Clinic as the State House Medical Centre.
The Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar, had disclosed after a pre-inauguration inspection of the new presidential VIP wing of the State House Medical Centre by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, accompanied by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; and Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba.
