The Minister of Health, Muhammad Ali Pate, says 67% of the doctors and nurses trained in Nigeria work in the United Kingdom.
Speaking on a television program monitored by Radio Now’s Newsdesk, the minister said if health workers of Nigerian origin leave the UK’s National Health Service, the service will struggle, as 25% of its workforce is Nigerian.
He also spoke on the new National Policy on Health Workforce Migration approved by President Bola Tinubu to tackle the exodus of health workers from Nigeria.
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While noting that not all Nigerian health workers leave the country and that those who leave have their reasons for exiting, he added that the country should be proud that the rest of the world finds Nigerian doctors and nurses very attractive.
