Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac
Adewole, has spoken on the condemnation
of Aso Rock clinic by wife of the president, Aisha Buhari.
Aisha had on Monday said the
facility was redundant despite a budget of N3bn.
She further lamented that the
clinic had no syringes, drugs and a functional X-ray machine.
In a chat with Punch, the
minister said he was not aware of the “huge allocation” to the ministry.
”But certainly, the revelation
by the wife of Mr. President is quite unsettling and I have called the Managing
Director of the hospital.
”The hospital is not under me
but under the Presidency, but as the minister of health, I intervened and I
will be visiting the facility to have firsthand knowledge of his challenges.
”I don’t want to make any
pronouncements until I have been there and till I hear his side of the
story.”
On declaration that doctors in
the public sector would not be allowed to have their private practice, the
minister replied: “That was not what I said. I said the government has decided
to set up an expanded committee.”
“The government considered the
report of a technical committee to look into industrial relations within the
public service and the committee started meeting about two years ago and so, it
is not new.
”The committee submitted its
report in September and it was brought to the Federal Executive Council. One of
the recommendations was that the government should look into the abuse of
private practice in the health sector and set up an expanded committee.
”The role of professional
ethics allows a doctor to do private practice outside of his official working
hours, but the 1999 Constitution does not allow anyone to do private practice
apart from farming.
”So, the committee is looking
into it because the government received a petition from some civil society
organisations, accusing some doctors of abusing their privileges and positions
and the government is bound to look into it.”
kai kai kai so a place that is not under you yet you wanted to go and investigate , you don't know your responsibility so you are telling Nigerians that the health of the number one citizen and his family and that of the VP is not under the ministry of health, every citizen of this country is under the ministry of health in one way or the other, we don't blame you lai mohammed deceive Nigerians
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