Doctors, Nurses, ‘Trade Crypto’ During Working Hours
Patients and their relatives have voiced their frustration after reports emerged of doctors, nurses, and other staff at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Gombe State engaging in cryptocurrency trading during working hours.
The situation has prompted the hospital to enforce a strict ban on such activities to address the concerns and restore focus on patient care.
The hospital’s management issued an internal memo on Wednesday, signed by Adamu Usman Telat, Deputy Director of Administration, which outlines a prohibition on mining and cryptocurrency trading during work hours.
In the internal memo, the hospital management said the directive follows reports that such activities are “distracting staff members from performing their primary assignment while at their duty post.”
To enforce this ban, the management has indicated it will take “drastic action in accordance with Public Service Rule against any staff that is caught engaging in such trading crypto while working.”
In addition, the management said it had deployed SERVICOM (Service Compact with All Nigerians), ACTU (Anti- Corruption and Transparency Unit), and security officers to monitor compliance with these new directives. It advised all staff members to “face their duty diligently and with all seriousness.”
The memo reads, “I am directed to caution all Members of staff to desist from mining and all forms of related crypto trading activities while working.
“The warning became necessary due to series of complaints received from patients and their relatives on how the trading activities distract staff members from performing their primary assignment while at their duty post.”
