Federal Executive Council To Employ Medical Doctors

Recently the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the employment of more medical doctors who are to be deployed to various hospitals across the country.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole said this, yesterday, while briefing State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa Abuja.

He said “At today’s meeting Council considered a memorandum from the Federal Ministry of Health to centrally coordinate, place and fund the placement of house officers in accredited health institutions across the country.

By this singular act, the suffering of thousands of Nigerian young doctors will be put to an end. This new programme will be centrally coordinated by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria with effect from 2018.”

His colleague in charge of communications, Adebayo Shittu, also disclosed that a new road map to restructure the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector for better service delivery has been unveiled.

According to him, the road map which would span from 2017 to 2020 and expected to contribute to the Economic Recovery Growth Plan. When fully implemented, it would be expected to generate about 2.5million job opportunities.