Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike Monday sacked the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Princewill Chike, for hosting a preliminary session of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) without approval.
Wike announced the commissioner’s sack when the MDCN chairman, Prof. Abba Hassan, paid him a courtesy visit at the government house, Port Harcourt. The governor described the unilateral decision of the commissioner to host MDCN without the consent of the state government as ‘most embarrassing’.
He said the government did not request to host the preliminary session of the council, stressing that the commissioner erred by unilaterally scheduling the hosting of MDCN at the same time government was inaugurating and flagging off of projects.
“Frankly speaking, I have never seen an embarrassment like this in my life. Everybody knows that it is not my nature to bring people and not attend to them. So, whoever has done this must suffer for it,” he said.
The governor called for the reduction of the money accruing to the federal government from the Federation Account to enable states to have more resources to drive their developments.
The chairman of the council commended Wike for his positive attitude toward healthcare and medical delivery services in the state.
