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Home » HEALTH & FOOD » 353 Doctors Abandon Nigeria for UK in 100 Days, as More Doctors Leave for Saudi Arabia

353 Doctors Abandon Nigeria for UK in 100 Days, as More Doctors Leave for Saudi Arabia

by Jungle Journalist
September 23, 2021
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The United Kingdom (UK) registered about 353 Nigerian doctors in the last 100 days.

This was according to data from the General Medical Council – the body which licenses and maintains the official register of medical practitioners in the UK.

The Vice-President of the National Association of Resident Doctors, Julian Ojebo, said the rate of migration might double in the coming weeks since doctors were not given the right remuneration.

Checks on the website of the General Medical Council the body which licenses and maintains the official register of medical practitioners in the UK showed that the GMC licensed at least 353 Nigerian-trained doctors between June 10, 2021, and September 20, 2021.

The statistics also showed that between July 24, 2020, and September 21, 2021, about 862 Nigeria-trained doctors were licensed in the UK despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, 8, 737 doctors who obtained their degrees in Nigeria currently practice in the UK.

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Ojebo argued that the doctors migrating to Saudi Arabia might even be more than those moving to the UK.

He said it was unfortunate that the government had failed to address the plight of doctors and meet their conditions for calling off the strike which began on August 1, 2021.

Ojebo stated, “If 353 Nigerian doctors have been licensed in the last 100 days, I am sure the figure will double within the next one month. The strike has opened the eyes to the doctors that Nigeria does not care about them.

“I am sure the statistics for those migrating to Saudi Arabia would be higher. I have always said it that remuneration is usually the trigger for migration. It is now worse today due to insecurity and the lack of political will by government appointees to address the issues affecting the health sector.

“I can tell you categorically that some of the issues we are fighting for are matters that should have been addressed since 2014 and we are still protesting in 2021. Like we have always said, whatever you earn in Nigeria, you stand the opportunity of earning three times that amount with better working conditions.”

Report, excluding headline culled from Punch

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