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16,000 Medical Doctors Exit Nigeria In Five Years – Pate

..says Nigeria spends $21,000 to train one doctor

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April 9, 2025
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16,000 Medical Doctors Exit Nigeria In Five Years – Pate
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The Coordinating Minister of health and social welfare, Professor Ali Pate said no fewer than 16, 000 medical doctors left Nigeria for foreign practice in the last five years.

Pate, made this disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja at the
seventh annual capacity building workshop of the Association of Medical Councils of Africa (AMCOA).

He said available records indicated that more doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers have also indicated interest to leave to pursue professional opportunities and experience abroad.

The theme of the 2025 AMCOA workshop is “Integrated healthcare regulation and leadership in building resilient health systems”.

It was hosted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) and attended by representatives from across Africa.

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Pate : “We are confronted with the challenge of an increasing number of talented healthcare professionals leaving to work in other countries.

“Obviously, this was driven by factors such as economic opportunities, better working conditions, advanced training, and superior research environments abroad.

“I, too, migrated in the early 1990s. In 1993, I started at the MRC Lab in The Gambia and the ECFMG pathway that many here know well.

So, I understand the drivers because they haven’t changed.

“The migration of health professionals from developing countries is not new, but it has accelerated in recent years.”

The minister said it costs over $21,000 to train a single doctor in Nigeria.

He described the mass migration of Africa’s healthcare workforce as alarming, warned that this trend has led to a dangerously low doctor-to-population ratio of 3.9 per 10,000 people far below the global minimum.

He observed that while the mobility of health workers is not a new phenomenon, the current scale of emigration poses a significant threat to both national and continental health systems.

“We are confronted with a paradox. It represents a fiscal loss, a systemic weakening, and a moral imperative.

“The cost of training a single doctor exceeds $21,000.

“The country loses millions of dollars in human capital investment when professionals migrate without structured reintegration or ethical recruitment frameworks,” the Minister added.

He, however, said steps are being taking to address some of the identified challenges that could possibly herald the reversal of the “japa” challenge.

“We have doubled the quotas for training in medical schools, pharmacy, nursing and other health professions.

“Why? Because our experience shows that when you train more, more might stay, and those who left often return.

“We are also correcting maldistribution of medical workforce.

“Over 40 per cent of our doctors are concentrated in Lagos and Abuja, while many parts of Nigeria remain without adequate medical coverage.

“You can’t force doctors to relocate, but you can incentivize them with financial and non-financial rewards,” he said.

Minister of State for Health, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, suggested a reciprocal framework for a “train-for-train” model, where nations recruiting local professionals are charged to invest in training new ones.

It was estimated that the cost of training one doctor exceeds $21,000, a figure that reflects the magnitude of public financing walking out of Nigeria for foreign practice which deeply affects the health systems thus leaving many of our rural communities critically underserved.

AMCOA President, Prof. Joel Okullo, said the workshop stands as a monumental step in the collective quest to elevate the quality of healthcare services across Africa, particularly the issue of data collection.

Chairman of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Prof Afolabi Lesi, reminded the participants that as regulators of healthcare professionals, they are expected to ensure that highest standards of training (curriculum and practice) are adhered to, in line with international best practices, while reflecting the unique peculiarities of their various countries.
(vitalnewsngr.com)

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