Nigeria: Who Is Protecting the Nigerian Public From Fake Doctors and Nurses?

2 September 2015

The exposure of Martin Ugwu Okpe, who reportedly impersonated his friend, Dr. George Davidson Daniel, to work as a medical officer in the Federal Ministry of Health for nine years brings to the fore the porous system that would allow an impersonator ply his trade within the nerve centre of the national health care system.

Reports say that Okpe worked in the Department of Health, planning, research and statistics as a Grade 12 officer. Within the period, he also headed the chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).

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