Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has ordered the arrest and prosecution of Ndukwe Ayansi and five others for allegedly selling and diverting materials meant for the state’s Ministry of Health.
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has ordered the arrest and prosecution of Ndukwe Ayansi and five others for allegedly selling and diverting materials meant for the state’s Ministry of Health.According to Mr Uzor, the governor, on his way to inspect a project, saw a Toyota Dyana truck loading registers, books and other materials from the warehouse in the Ministry of Health.
“The governor drove in and made inquiries but not satisfied with answers, he probed further and discovered that patients’ data registers, cards and a host of other documents were moved into the vehicle. “It was also discovered that all the documents had been sold without government approval,” Mr Uzor said. According to the statement, the governor spoke at the scene and described the act as a sabotage of the government’s efforts to reposition the health sector. “I have not been in office for almost two years but I have spent more than N6 billion buying equipment for the primary health care centres and the general hospitals
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