August 13, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has accused Medical Doctors in Nigeria of playing God.
Ngige made the the remarks at the Second Summit of Medical Elders Forum (MEF) in Abuja, while reacting to the ongoing nationwide strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).
THEWILL reports that the NARD commenced an indefinite nationwide strike on August 2, 2021.
Speaking at the event, Ngige, who is also a Medical Doctor , said they were playing God.
He said, “God does not want when He gives you powers, you use it to try to say that you are like Him or you are competing with Him.
“Doctors should ask themselves questions; why is it that it’s when your colleagues are in government that you go on the greatest number of strikes?”
Ngige, who stressed that the medical association and health sector had never been in the kind of danger being witnessed, recalled that since the start of the President Buhari-led administration, he has witnessed no fewer than four industrial actions by doctors.
According to him, “We need to ask ourselves questions and be straightforward with the answers. You say they dislike doctors, what did you do for them to dislike you?”
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