BREAKING! DSS Denies Dispersing Doctors Attending Saudi Arabia Job Interview In Abuja

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that its operatives dispersed doctors attending a Saudi Arabia organised job interview at the Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, on Thursday, 26th August 2021.

Reports had gone viral on Tuesday when Nigerian medical consultants in their hundreds flooded the Ladi Kwali Hall of the Sheraton Abuja Hotel to participate in the recruitment interview organised by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health, while another exercise was scheduled for Thursday.

But some media reports had alleged that the DSS on Thursday dispersed the doctors, who stormed the hotel for the recruitment

Peter Afunanya, Public Relations Officer of the service, in a statement issued on Friday, in Abuja, dismissed the report as fake, adding that it was designed to embarrass the DSS.

He urged journalists and other media practitioners to cross check their facts and ensure that they do not use their platforms to mislead the public or undermine national security.

The statement reads: “The attention of the Department of State Services has once again been drawn to a falsehood being circulated in the media that it dispersed doctors attending a Saudi Arabia organised job interview at the Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, yesterday 26th August, 2021.

“Though this is illogical and does not add up, sections of the media that reported it did not care to verify the news before going to print. No further evidence was also adduced to prove that the DSS carried out such operation at the hotel.

“It is obvious that the news is only designed to embarrass the Organisation.

“Journalists and other media practitioners are enjoined to cross check their facts and ensure that they do not use their platforms to mislead the public or undermine national security.”