Bros, make i yarn you wetin just happen for House of Reps matter wey dey burst head! Dem don call out Prof Ikpeme Ikpeme, wey be Chief Medical Director for University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, say him dey show ethnic bias when e reject fresh medical doctors wey suppose do their housemanship.
This issue come after one oga wey dey represent Afikpo South and North in National Assembly, Mr. Iduma Igariwey, take shine light on am. E talk say media don report say this Prof Ikpeme use tribal matter take push aside 17 doctors wey Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria send to UCTH to start their one-year housemanship.
Make you hear am well, 15 of those rejected doctors na Igbo people. Na wa o! Igariwey don talk plenty since, say e even involve the National Association of Resident Doctors and Nigerian Medical Association, but Prof Ikpeme no wan bulge. E talk say high number of Igbo applicants na wetin make am noe wan accept the list. Wetin be this? Na ethnic discrimination we dey talk about here!
The House don vex reach to ask for make dem suspend Prof Ikpeme sharp sharp, since him dey block young doctors wey fit help our health system wey don already dey in trouble. Na 40,000 doctors dey work for Nigeria now, but we need like 300,000 for everywhere to dey okay. No be small wahala!
Igariwey no gree keep quiet, e still talk say this kind actions fit spoil for our health sector, and e dey make young doctors dey leave Nigeria as dem dey find better place to work. E no good as this na federal institution wey suppose represent all Nigerians, but this kind bias dey make am look like say some people no dey matter.
All the lawmakers for the plenary session don gree say dem go suspend the CMD to make sure say e no go go scatter anything wit the investigation wey go happen. Dem set committee wey go dig deeper into this matter and report back in four weeks. Na just when we think say medical training for Nigeria go dey better, wahala come show face!
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