The Ordeal Of A Department In A Federal Teaching Hospital: A Call For Help
Dear nairalanders, I would like to seek your opinions and advice on a very critical matter. My friend and I work in a Nigerian Federal Teaching Hospital as health practitioners, in different departments. The director of my friend's department is making life extremely difficult for staff of the department. He calls staff unprinted names and insults them in the presence of patients and patients' relatives, which, to my understanding, is contrary to the standards expected in the public service.
No one appears to feel comfortable challenging or even making suggestions to him. He exercises significant control over staff entitlements, including the approval of leave, and sometimes verbally posts staff to different locations at his discretion. He has also reportedly told staff who are uncomfortable with his decisions to resign.
His conduct is also well known within the town where the hospital is located.
Many people in the community have personally witnessed his hostile and demeaning treatment of his subordinates during visits to the hospital. He has been reported to the CMD on several occasions, but nothing appears to have been done.
Interestingly, he often boasts that nobody can remove him from his position as a Director. My questions are: 1. What are the appropriate ways to checkmate or hold such a person accountable within the Nigerian public service system?
2. Has anyone here experienced something similar in a Federal Teaching Hospital or other government institution?
If so, how was the situation eventually handled? 3. What formal channels can affected staff use when internal complaints to the CMD appear to have yielded no result? I would particularly appreciate responses from people with experience in the Nigerian public service, Hospitals, HR/industrial relations, or public-sector administration. Thank you.
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