Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki
Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru has ordered the arrests and prosecution of one Mr Ndukwe Ayansi and five others for allegedly diverting materials meant for the State’s Ministry of Health.
The Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Monday Uzor, stated this on Sunday in a statement.
According to Mr Uzor, the Governor on his way to project inspection sighted 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.
Speaking at the scene of the crime, the Governor described the action as sabotage to government efforts at repositioning the health sector.
“I have not been in office for almost two years but I have spent more than N6bn buying equipment for the primary health care centers and the general hospitals.
“And this is what you people, the store keepers, are doing. You are selling government documents without approval on a Saturday afternoon.
“Our hospitals in the rural areas are requesting for registers and data entry forms and hospital cards. Sadly, the ones the government has produced are being sold by you,” the governor lamented.
Mr Uzor said the suspects have been handed over to the police while investigation continues.
