By David Kabiyesi
Cross Rivers state Governor, Bassey Otu has pleaded with resident doctors to please pick up their tools and return to work as the state government step-up efforts to ensure kidnapped medical doctor, Philip-Ephraim obtains freedom.
He made this declaration while addressing members of NMA who stormed the governor’s office to press for the release of Philip-Ephraim who was kidnapped in Calabar last month.
“I want to plead that while we continue to work for the release of your colleague, let doctors do the best they can to save lives because your main call is to save lives.
“I want you to believe us; we are also very pained, and two wrongs will never make a right.”
“A lot of things are happening in our hospitals, and my administration is poised to ensure an enabling environment is created for you to carry out your statutory duties at all times.
“Nobody is happy that she was kidnapped even for a day. But we will do everything possible to ensure her safe return.”
“Though it is a bad situation, at the darkest end of the tunnel, there is always a light. We have indeed promised a season of sweetness, we will continue to live by the ethos, and I know that Rome was not built in a day.
“The journey of a thousand miles begins one day. Not too long, we will clear our society of all miscreants.” he pleaded.
