The Departmrnt of State Services DSS, has denied media reports that it dispersed Doctors seeking greener pastures in Saudi Arabia and arrested Journalists from the Sheratin Hotels Abuja where the Saudi agents were conducting interviews to employ Nigerian doctor in Saudi Arabia.
A press statement signed by
Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer,
Department of State Services in Abuja today denied the allegation.
The statement read as follows, “the attention of the Department of State Services has once again been drawn to a falsehood being circulated in the media that it dispersed doctors attending a Saudi Arabia organised job interview at the Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, yesterday 26th August, 2021. Though this is illogical and does not add up, sections of the media that reported it did not care to verify the news before going to print. No further evidence was also adduced to prove that the DSS carried out such operation at the hotel. It is obvious that the news is only designed to embarrass the Organisation. Journalists and other media practitioners are enjoined to crosscheck their facts and ensure that they do not use their platforms to mislead the public or undermine national security”.
The rush by Nigerian doctors to seek outside jobs is coming at a time resident doctors have embarked on strike, leaving ordinary Nigerians with limited options in seeking for Medicare.
It will be recalled that President Buhari just returned from a foreign medical vacation where he was pictured with another chieftain of the ruling APC on a similar medical treatment abroad.
