The Federal Government on Monday with an end goal to stamp out misrepresentation and sub-standard practices in therapeutic practice in the nation banned all alumni of pharmaceutical from taking part in the required National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) until they have been qualified as restorative specialists and have secured practice permit from the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).
The move came in the midst of a few grievances about the level of misrepresentation showed by a percentage of the Youth Corps individuals presented for the most part on country regions to give restorative administrations
The Registrar/Chief Executive of MDCN, Dr. Abdulmumini Ibrahim, who read the decision during a press briefing on Monday in Abuja explained that the council took the decision following series of complaints by the NYSC management that all manners of persons parading themselves as medical doctors have become desperate to proceed on service.
“There has been increasing number of personal non-grata people who are not trained impersonating as medical doctor. The NYSC has inundated us with complaints. Those who have completed their one year internship have been given certificates. Most corpers are sent to rural areas. They can only go to service upon presentation of their practice license”, he stated.
