This was as the Executive Secretary of the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ESPHCDA), Dr Ifeyinwa Ani-Osheku, appealed to pregnant women to stop patronising traditional birth attendants, warning about the dangers associated with the practice.
The suspension of Njoku followed the report and findings by the ESPHCDA over her absence from duty without authorisation and failure to attend to patients.
While communicating the decision to suspend the health worker to allow for a full-scale investigation, Dr Ani-Osheku said that Njoku’s absence from duty resulted in one Mrs Emeka Nkemdirim giving birth to twins in a car on her way to a private hospital at Awgu.
Ani-Osheku, who insisted that every healthcare worker must stay on their duty posts, said that the new administration has been working round the clock to provide a better working environment and improved welfare for health workers in the state.
She commended Governor Peter Mbah for ensuring that the needs of workers in the state are prioritised, saying that the behaviour of Njoku was a deviation from the ethics of the profession and the principles espoused by the current administration.
