NSG Banned Doctors In Government Service From Private Practice

By Rabiu Omaku

The Government of Nasarawa State has banned doctors employed by the State from private practice.

The state commissioner of Justice, Barrister Abdulkarim Abubakar Kana, gave the disclosure during a press briefing shortly after the State Executive Council Meeting.

The Attorney General and commissioner of Justice, Kana, opined that banning doctors in the employment of Nasarawa State Government from private practice is the only solution to ills witnessed in government health facilities.

He further stated that the decision was meant to tackle some of the nagging hiccups in government-owned hospitals which he said were marred by ineptitude and diversion of patients.

“It is unacceptable with the way and manner doctors in government services are diverting patients to their own hospitals,” he said.

The State Executive Council also approved special scholarship for medical students, as Justice Commissioner said the move was meant to address the nagging shortage of doctors in the state.

“This decision would make doctors to concentrate in public hospitals which are in dire need of personnel,” he stated.

The state commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism, Comrade Dogo Shammah, buttressed that the State Executive Council Meeting also include the establishment of a portal that would welcome complaints and criticisms from the public about the activities of Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

He explained that the portal is to serves as an ombudsman to checkmate public office holders, maintaining that the portal would be handled by the Special Adviser on Economic Development to the Governor.

The Council meeting also discussed issues of state importance especially boundary dispute between Ribi and Adudu communities as well as Nasarawa and Benue states.