FG Mistakenly Paid Millions Of Naira To 588 Doctors – Ngige

Posted by Nwa Diokpa Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Monday, September 6th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government says it will recover millions of Naira mistakenly paid to 588 medical doctors.

Labour Minister, Chris Ngige, disclosed this during a chat with State House reporters in Abuja .

According to the minister, the affected doctors mistakenly benefitted from the Medical Residency Training Fund meant for a particular category of doctors.

The names of the doctors were uncovered following a scrutiny of the 8,000 names submitted by Chief Medical Directors of federal institutions.

Ngige disclosed that about 2,000 names should have been omitted since they don’t have Postgraduate Reference Numbers of National Postgraduate Medical College and (or) that of the West African Postgraduate Medical College.

He however revealed that a substantial amount of the money had been refunded by some of the health personnel.

Ngige announced that the result of the first round of scrutinization will be compared to the lists the Post-Graduate Medical College and the Chief Medical Directors presented.

He explained that once the authenticity of names submitted are verified, the Accountant-General will pay the beneficiaries.

“We are doing that verification because we do not want what happened last time in 2020 to reoccur”, the minister added.