
The Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, FTHL has inaugurated its community stakeholders committee to interface regularly between the Hospital and the people.
Inaugurating the committee members at the maiden meeting in Lokoja, the Chief Medical Director, CMD, of the Teaching Hospital, Doctor Olatunde Alabi said the event kick start a journey of a consistent dialogue and put the record straight about events in the institution to avoid further campaign of canulmy by individuals or group with an intention of destroying the reputation of FTHL.

According to him, the recent falsehood published on socio media was not the true reflection on the reality on ground but a calculated attempt to smear the hard earned good image of the facility, that of the hard working staff and the management which will be addressed with the needed responses as provided by the Public Service Rules.
On the number of Doctors available at the FTHL, the CMD clarified the 43 Doctors published as ridiculous, laughable and figment of imagination of the sponsor, as the Hospital is well equipped with 228 well trained professionals and Consultants attending to daily health cases as required.

He said the hospital has never been in any crisis as what happened was the highest form of indiscipline, gross misconduct and even name calling of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by one Doctor Umar Jimoh led group tantamount to an act of ingratitude and insubordination to constituted authority.

Doctor Alabi assured the stakeholders that the hospital is working without any issues and health workers performing thier job without hindrance as challenges are being channelled to the appropriate quarters.

Speaking, the State Commissioner for Health, Doctor Abdulazeez Adams in a message to the occasion reassured of continued partnership with FTHL.
In his remark, the representative of Civil Society Organisations in the State and Executive Director, Conscience for Human Rights and Conflicts Resolution, CHRCR, Comrade Idris Miliki while stressing that there could be issues affecting good working relationships with staff, dialogue is the way out.

Representative of JNI, S.O Aliu and CAN both pledged thier unflinching support to the management of the Hospital.
Good will messages from the State National Orientation Agency delivered by the State Director, Mr. Patrick Edogbanya, State Controller of Labour, Mr. Labija John, State Director Public Complaints Commission, Mr Haruna Lawrence representative of Maigari of Lokoja while calling for the management to be more proactive in attending to false and unsubstantiated allegations on the Social media, promised to support efforts at moving the health institution forward.


Highlights of the occasion was the facility tour of Hospital by the stakeholders.

