The House of Representatives has urged the Ministry of
Labour and Productivity to review the salary, allowance and welfare of Nigerian
medical practitioners in a bid to stop the brain drain in Nigeria.
The House also urged the ministry to expand the size of the
medical practitioners in the country to create employment for the unemployed
ones and develop a functional strategy that will attract diaspora Medical
personnel to work at various teaching hospitals.
These resolutions followed a motion of urgent public
importance moved by Ganiyu Johnson on Tuesday during the Plenary.
Moving the motion, Mr. Johnson said that despite Nigeria
being among the highest producers of diaspora doctors in the world, he noted
that the nation faces an acute shortage of medical practitioners in the
country.
He blamed the brain drain in the medical sector on poor
remuneration and other poor working conditions obtained in the sector.
“Nigeria has over Ninety Thousand (90,00) qualified Medical
Doctors practising abroad and infact an average of fifty (50) doctors who had
their primary Medical Education in Nigeria are said to be registering for
practice every week in the United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA),
Canada and other oil-rich countries.”
“Some factors responsible for this development in Nigeria
are inadequate infrastructure, poor human resources planning and management
practices and structures, unsatisfactory working conditions characterized by
heavy workloads and other factors such as lack of professional autonomy, poor
supervision and support, long working hours, unsafe workplaces, inadequate
career structures, poor working conditions and poor compensation packages are
the factors contributing to the emigration from the country by surgeons,
physicians, nurses and other medical professionals.”
To ensure compliance, the House mandated the Committee on
Labour, Employment and Productivity to facilitate the employment of the
Nigerian medical practitioners.
It also mandated the Committee on Healthcare Services to
call other relevant stakeholders for an interactive session in to proffer
lasting solution to Brain Drain of Medical Personnel from Nigeria
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