The alleged cold war in Kogi State Government House took a new twist weekend, following the suspension of the Chief Medical Director of the Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Dr. Ahmed Attah.
Dr Attah was suspended with immediate effect on Friday and has been directed to handover to the most senior officer of the hospital.
Sources at the Government House said that the suspended hospital CMD is a staunch loyalist of the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Chief Edward Onoja.
Another source said Dr Attahโs suspension is also hinged on his failure to comply with the Single Treasury Account in operation by the state government.
The source said, โthe inability of the Specialist Hospital to operate Single Treasury Account was as a result of the need to constantly pay Doctors the hospital employed recently and paid from the hospitalโs coffers.
โThe hospital was operating a drug revolving scheme and would be pretty difficult to sustain the scheme if the money is paid into the state government account before seeking for approval and withdrawal when the hospital run out of stocks.
A Hospital source said there have been series of allegations leveled against Dr Attah through petition by some concerned members of the hospital.
It was reliably gathered that some staff of the hospital had written a petition against the Chief Medical Director on the way he handled affairs and managed the hospital.
Dr Ahmed Attah was appointed as CMD Kogi State Specialist Hospital in July 2019 by Governor Bello.
