Francis Nwifuru, governor of Ebonyi, has ordered the arrest of six civil servants for allegedly packing documents belonging to the state’s ministry of health without authorisation.
The governor posted a video on his Facebook page on Saturday showing how he apprehended some men caught loading a vehicle with documents suspected to be records of the ministry of health.
Some of the men in the video appeared to be the state’s workers and buyers of the items.
In the video, Nwifuru said he was on his way to inspect some projects and instinctively asked his convoy to reverse into the premises of the health ministry.
The governor said he saw the vehicle loaded up with some materials.
“I was stunned to see that the vehicle was loading up for sale materials meant for our primary health care centres and general hospitals in the state,” he said.
“Unfortunately, while we continue to make sincere efforts to meet the needs of our people, some are bent on sabotaging the system and our desires to give our people the best.”
Among some of the materials were non-polio vaccination cards, daily antenatal registers, and child immunisation registers.
In a statement on Sunday, Monday Uzor, Nwifuru’s chief press secretary, said the governor ordered the arrest and prosecution of one Ndukwe Ayansi and five others for allegedly diverting materials meant for the state’s ministry of health.
Uzor said it was also discovered that all the documents had been sold without government approval.
He added that the suspects have been handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
