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November 24, (THEWILL) – Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, 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.
The governor in a statement issued on Sunday through his Chief Press Secretary, Monday Uzor, Chief Press Secretary, said the criminal act was uncovered while on his way to inspect a project.
The statement read, “The governor 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 was 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.”
Speaking at the scene of the crime, the governor described the action as sabotage to government efforts at repositioning the health sector.
He said, “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. And this is what you people, the storekeepers, are doing. You are selling government documents without approval on a Saturday afternoon.
“Our hospitals in the rural areas are requesting registers and data entry forms and hospital cards. Sadly, the ones the government has produced are being sold by you.”
