Five staff members of the Ministry of Health, Ebonyi State, have been arrested on the order of Governor Francis Nwifuru for allegedly diverting hospital materials in the state.
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The suspects, including Ndukwe Ayansi, have been handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution in line with the governor’s order.
Nwifuru was on his way to project inspection and sighted a Toyota Dyana truck loading the materials from the warehouse in the ministry of health.
He drove in and made inquiries but was not satisfied with the answers given to him. He probed further and discovered that patients’ data registers, cards, and a host of other documents were moved into the vehicle.
It was discovered that all the documents had been sold without government approval.
Speaking at the scene of the crime, the governor described it as sabotage to the government’s efforts at repositioning the health sector.
“You are selling government documents without approval on a Saturday afternoon. Our hospitals in the rural areas are requesting registers, data entry forms, and hospital cards. Sadly, the ones the government has produced are being sold by you,” he told the suspects.
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