Does The Minister Work For A Chinese Company? By Azu Ishiekwene | Sahara Reporters

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OpEd: Does The Minister Work For A Chinese Company? By Azu Ishiekwene | Sahara Reporters Since the Chinese team has been finally located, the last leg of the health minister’s job should be much easier. His assignment would be complete when... READ MORE:

Health Minister, Osagie Ehanire, has been in hot water lately. It’s hard to sympathise with him because he jumped into the cauldron with his eyes open, wearing his trademark black cap.

To suggest, as Ehanire’s answer did, that talking about special allowance was treating health workers like a special breed, was, to say the least, uncharitable. Except if the minister runs errands for the CCECC as side hustle, I’m bereft that he abandoned his post at the daily Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 and instead, zoomed off to the airport to receive guests of a private company at a time of national emergency.

A number of those who argued to the contrary had very good reasons to do so, which among others included the need for humility to admit that the shambolic state of our healthcare could do with outside help in this emergency. Where in the world during an emergency will a minister sneak off to welcome guests of a private company, pass off their visit as a matter of national interest, and still retain his position without even a reprimand?

 

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