The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said that he was misquoted, following the public outcry that greeted his statement that mass departure of medical doctors out of the country was nothing to worry about since Nigeria has more doctors and could afford to export some.
Ngige made this known in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Nwachukwu Obidiwe, in Abuja on Thursday.
He was reacting to a media report quoting him as saying that the issue of doctors leaving the country in a large number did not call for much concern.
He described the attendant controversies that had trailed the comment in the media as unnecessary, and urged deeper understanding of the issue in question.
Ngige said, “I speak from the vantage position of being a medical doctor and member, Nigerian Medical Association, since June 1979 and enriched by my vast knowledge on health administration.
“Having retired as a Deputy Director, Medical Services and Training from the Federal Ministry of Health in 1998, member of Vision 2010 Committee on Health, as well as senior member, Senate Committee on Health 2011-2015.
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