As A Practicing Doctor Since 1979, The Truth Must Be Told -- Ngige.

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Chris Ngige, minister of labour, says being a medical doctor since 1979 puts him in a position to know the situation of things in the health sector.
In a statement issued by Nwachukwu Obidiwe, his spokesman, Ngige said the truth hurts but it must be told.
He also denied making the statement on medical doctors which sparked off reactions on Wednesday.

When he appeared on a Channels TV programme on Wednesday, the minister said he was “not worried” that doctors were leaving the country in droves because the country has more than enough.
“No, I am not worried (about doctors leaving the country). We have surplus. If you have surplus, you export,” he had said in the programme monitored by TheCable.
“There are surplus in their country and we also have surplus in the medical profession in our country. I can tell you this. In my area, we have excess. Who said we don’t have enough doctors? We have more than enough. You can quote me. There is nothing wrong in them travelling out.”

But in the statement issued on Thursday, he denied dismissing the brain drain in the medical profession, adding that there is “a little cause to worry” about the issue.
He also said he was misquoted, adding that he never said doctors could seek green pasture abroad but that they were free to go for training abroad and return to practise.
“I speak from the vintage position of being a medical doctor and member, Nigerian Medical Association since June, 1979 and enriched by my vast knowledge on health administration … therefore, the truth no matter how it hurts, must be told and reality, boldly faced,” he said.

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