As part of efforts to tackle the challenge of brain drain in the health sector, the Federal Government is to recruit more health professionals to aid qualitative healthcare delivery to Nigerians.
The Minister of State for Health, Dr Iziaq Salako, who stated this during his tour of the Federal Government health facilities in Ogun State, said President Bola Tinubu remains committed to providing adequate and qualitative healthcare services for all Nigerians.
Salako said the government is engaging with Nigerian health workers abroad to leverage their expertise and rich exposure to improve the health sector development in the country.
Addressing a town hall meeting at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Ogun state, the minister explained that the Federal Government is “harvesting” the contributions of Nigerian doctors in the UK, US, and Ireland amongst others to support the country’s healthcare system.
He noted that to mitigate the Japa syndrome, the government is expanding its capacity to train more health workers and has been given the green light by Tinubu to recruit more health workers to address the shortage of manpower in the health sector.