Nigeria's minister of health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has said he is not responsible for the strike embarked upon by member of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).
Reacting to the statement released by the NMA in which it said the minister should be blamed for the strike, Chukwu said there is no basis for him to be held responsible.
“Why would I be held responsible for the strike? Okay, I am now saying
they should work so that nobody will say I asked them to go on strike.
Actually, seriously speaking, there is no basis to hold me responsible,
when I now imagine that each group feels I am not doing well for them," he said.
Speaking at the inauguration of the Boards of Management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Teaching Hospital, Bauchi; National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Abakaliki;
and National Ear Care Centre, Kaduna, the minister said he has not done anything wrong. He therefore enjoined the doctors to renege on their decision to go on strike.
He said: I know I am doing the right thing. It would have been absurd if only
the non-doctors were accusing me; they would have said I am biased. If
my colleagues are accusing me, this means I am for the truth. I don’t
look at people’s face; what I want is in the interest of all Nigerians.”
“Of course, any of us can be a patient when strike commences. I am still pleading; we are still talking with them."
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