Netizens react as former govt official calls out nurse for promoting plantain chips to him throughout session

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By Linda Ikeji
13 November 2026, 5:21 pm

A social media publish by the previous Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Joe Abah, criticizing a nurse at an Abuja hospital for providing to promote him plantain chips throughout a medical go to, has sparked combined reactions on-line.

In his publish, Abah defined that he had visited the hospital to see a physician and was led right into a room the place a nurse was assigned to examine his vitals. According to him, whereas taking his vitals, the nurse knowledgeable him that she sells plantain chips, hoping he would purchase some from her.

Abah expressed displeasure over the incident, arguing that such habits undermines public confidence within the professionalism of healthcare establishments and organizations that make use of such workers.

While some social media customers agreed together with his stance on sustaining strict office boundaries, many others faulted him for publicly calling out the nurse. Critics argued that there’s nothing improper with having a aspect hustle amid financial challenges, including that publicly figuring out the hospital may put the nurse’s job in danger.