Fabamwo noted that the involvement of LASUTH in the diagnostic centre did not extend beyond providing premises and a building for its operations, as well as the patient load.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has discredited rumours that President Bola Tinubu owns the Bola Tinubu Health and Diagnostic Centre located in the hospital.
The hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Prof. Tokunbo Fabamwo, debunked the rumours in a statement on Saturday in Lagos.
He also denied allegations that human resources practices in the facility are anti-Yoruba.
The statement read, “To start with, the Nigerian president doesn’t own the facility. It is a public-private venture with a memorandum of understanding signed by private entrepreneurs with the Lagos State Ministries of Health and Justice.
“It happens to be named after the Nigerian president but hey, so are so many other facilities named after eminent Nigerians who do not necessarily own them.
“The allegation of anti-Yoruba practices is as ludicrous as they come. It does not and cannot happen.
“The headship of this radiological and laboratory facility as well as the principal officers are all Yoruba.
“Needless to say that though competence, knowledge and skills are paramount in recruiting manpower to a high tech facility like that, there is no deliberate policy against Yoruba.”
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Fabamwo noted that the involvement of LASUTH in the diagnostic centre did not extend beyond providing premises and a building for its operations, as well as the patient load.
“Although LASUTH has an oversight function on the clinical operations of the facility, it does not nor is it even expected to get involved in the recruitment processes.
“However, that said, any blatant policy against Yorubas would definitely have attracted the attention of LASUTH management and would have been characteristically dealt with in a decisive manner,” he said.
The CMD advised the public to disregard the writer of the fictional piece, noting that the real objective of publishing the odious piece needs to be subjected to scrutiny.
The facility is a public-private partnership between PPC Ltd. and the Lagos State Government.