The Federal Government has said it is set to recover millions of naira wrongly paid to 588 medical doctors across the country.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige who disclosed this in interview with newsmen in Abuja, stated that the affected doctors wrongly benefitted from Medical Residency Training Fund meant for particular category of Doctors.
Ngige revealed that the names were discovered after a thorough scrutinization of the 8000 Doctors submitted by Chief Medical Directors of Federal Government health institutions for the training programme.
The Minister added that substantial amount of the money had been refunded by some of the affected doctors while efforts had been made to recover the remaining balance.