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Nigerian Doctors To Investigated for Fraudulently Collecting N540m Training Allowance
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:00:58
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The federal government is considering dragging some medical doctors through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for illegally collecting medical training allowances meant for House Officers on residency training programme in 2020, to the tune of N540 million.The source said there were three categories of medical officers involved in the scam, including some consultant doctors.The source also said the government had accused the management of some of the Teaching Hospitals of allegedly smuggling names of those who had completed their residency training programme into the list of House Officers that received payment from the medical training fund in 2020.