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President Tinubu has unveiled a diaspora health plan and called on Nigerian doctors and other medical professionals working abroad to return home. This initiative aims to address the country's healthcare worker shortage, which has seen many professionals migrate to richer nations.
Health workers in Nigeria are warning of a fresh strike due to the government's failure to implement the Consolidated Health Salary Structure adjustment, which has been a long-standing issue.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has unveiled a diaspora health plan and called on Nigerian health workers abroad to return home, emphasizing that there is "nowhere like home." He hailed Nigerians in the diaspora as the nation's greatest asset, encouraging them to contribute their skills to the country's development.
Health workers in Nigeria are calling on the Federal Government to urgently tackle worsening economic hardship, rising energy costs, and insecurity across the country.
Official figures reveal that over 20,000 Nigerian health workers, including doctors and nurses, have relocated abroad within one year, highlighting a significant brain drain.
Healthcare workers in Abuja, Nigeria, are protesting controversial reform bills, warning that the proposed legislation could disrupt the balance within the health sector.