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Nigeria Only Has 30,000 Practising Doctors - NMA President, Professor Bala Audu (5277 Views)
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BlackViper: 11:29pm On May 06 |
The president of the Nigerian Medical Association, Professor Bala Audu has stated that Nigeria’s rising population has increased the demand for doctors, causing one doctor to attend to 8,000 patients. https://healthwise.punchng.com/japa-30000-doctors-practising-in-nigeria-says-nma-president/ 2 Likes |
Kobojunkie: 11:32pm On May 06 |
BlackViper:How many quacks, or should I say illegal practitioners, does the country boast of? ![]() 6 Likes |
malali: 11:33pm On May 06 |
I wonder how long it will take Tinubu to declare a national state of emergency on the nations healthcare system. While he is fully receiving his own healthcare in . 1. Lagos – 5,500 2. FCT – 3,200 3. Rivers – 2,100 4. Oyo – 1,800 5. Ogun – 1,600 6. Kano – 1,500 7. Kaduna – 1,300 8. Delta – 1,100 9. Anambra – 950 10. Enugu – 900 11. Edo – 850 12. Osun – 750 13. Kwara – 700 14. Plateau – 650 15. Cross River – 600 16. Abia – 600 17. Akwa Ibom – 550 18. Ondo – 550 19. Imo – 500 20. Borno – 400 21. Bauchi – 400 22. Benue – 400 23. Niger – 400 24. Kogi – 350 25. Sokoto – 300 26. Kebbi – 280 27. Gombe – 270 28. Ekiti – 250 29. Taraba – 250 30. Nasarawa – 230 31. Zamfara – 220 32. Yobe – 200 33. Ebonyi – 200 34. Jigawa – 180 35. Katsina – 180 36. Bayelsa – 150 37. Adamawa – 150 Doctors Are the New Crude Oil—And We’re Giving It Away For Free The U.S., U.K., and Saudi Arabia don’t need to bomb us—they’re poaching Nigeria’s best minds with a smile and a g bonus. While Nigeria spends billions training doctors… the diaspora harvests them like fruit. All while the President flies to Paris for his next medical check-up. This isn’t negligence. It’s national betrayal. Demand These Federal Interventions—Now: 1. Interest-Free Mortgages for doctors willing to work outside Lagos/FCT. 2. Federal Price-Matching Mortgage Payments tied to years of rural service. 3. Doctor-Only Federal Pension Scheme, 20-year lock-in, price-matched. 4. Free Education for children of doctors in under served zones. 5. Zero-Interest Loans for Private Practices, scaled to size and location. 28 Likes 2 Shares |
Akissani: 11:47pm On May 06 |
29, 999 because i go soon leave una 26 Likes 1 Share |
malali: 11:50pm On May 06 |
Akissani: Abeg now......Oya no vex !!!! Bros...E never reach like this.... Abi, i go lie for you ? 5 Likes |
BlackViper: 11:53pm On May 06 |
Nigeria has one of the lowest numbers of practising doctors and medical personnel in the world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that a minimum of 4.45 health workers (including physicians, nurses, and midwives) per 1,000 population is needed to meet primary healthcare needs and achieve adequate coverage. ![]() ![]() COUNTRIES WITH THE LOWEST NUMBERS OF MEDICAL DOCTORS ![]() 3 Likes |
malali: 11:59pm On May 06 |
When will the government act ?[color=#990000][/color]
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Ruke1991: 5:16am On May 07 |
At least 30,000 employed doctors good na How many practicing software developer do we have? Not up to 5000! Not up to 2000 practicing petroleum engineers with the way we are importing petrol Not up to 1000 practicing fishery graduate if not we no supposed to eat imported ice fish when we have better local fishes Not up to 10,000 practicing pharmacologist if not we no supposed to import every drug from India Not up to 5000 practicing computer engineers if not robots suppose replace most of these doctors Nigeria has many problems and these greedy doctors are not part of the biggest problems Nigeria having. Every profession needs equal attention from the government to have a balanced economy 8 Likes |
SmartPolician: 6:58am On May 07 |
Build special schools of health that train health experts across Nigeria and keep churning them out. We can be exporting doctors to the world and they will keep increasing our remittances when they send money home to their loved ones.
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Fivekay(m): 9:06am On May 07 |
Where the work dy self, the payment still get value self? God help Nigeria |
tiswell(m): 9:06am On May 07 |
Mbok,allow people to seek greener pastures in peace
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ElevationD: 9:06am On May 07 |
That’s the direct consequence of voting for APC since 2015. Simply train the doctors very cheaply in Nigeria. No need to spend tens of thousands of dollars. Next is for offers to come from different countries abroad and they japa for free. Do not forget, all expenses for their journeys are paid by their foreign employers. Next is to continue training the next set for foreign nations to come and harvest. Ironically Nigerian leaders visit foreign hospitals and are treated by the same Nigerian doctors and nurses, who they failed to pay good salaries. Our public hospitals are disgraceful. You hardly get good diagnoses to medical issues because of poor equipments and staff shortages. It is a shame. Get to good private hospitals and the medical issues are effectively handled. Rather than pay similar salaries with those same countries, our governments refuse. 5 Likes |
arantess: 9:06am On May 07 |
BlackViper:Their plan is to stop doctors from moving out ooo |
fabolouz1(m): 9:07am On May 07 |
Japaing itself is not the problem but poor facilities and weak educational system to groom would be doctors.
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franchasng: 9:09am On May 07 |
It's high time Ministry of Education, NUC, NMA, NMC and all relevant bodies come together to reach an agreement to increase the ission quota for medical and health related courses for all universities and nursing schools. So many JAMB applicants/candidates applied for Medicine, FG via Ministry of Education should direct schools to it at least 90% of students that applied for medicine and nursing. The poor performing ones can be weeded off during university level We have the youth population, they are ready to study these courses but JAMB and universities keep frustrating them, it's not done that way abroad. Relax some of these unnecessary rules and restrictions. We need to produce more medical professionals than we can consume, that's the only way not by stopping those willing to migrate abroad, who also bring in FOREX to Nigeria. Nigeria need foreign remittances, and one greatest way to get it is by having more Nigerians work abroad as professionals, and medical and IT professions seems to be our only hope of producing enough professionals that we can export abroad, so what do we do? Look for a way to start producing more medical and IT professionals so that we can have more than enough in Nigeria and still export without bleeding or crying fowl. I don't understand the kind of mediocre people leading Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, NUC, NMA, NMC and other government bodies in charge of these things, na wa oh 5 Likes |
AntiChristian: 9:09am On May 07 |
![]() That's about 811 doctors in every state and FCT if share equally! And i am certain most of the doctors will be in SW! Too poor! I hope the minister can resolve this soon! 1 Like |
Racoon(m): 9:11am On May 07 |
Hehehe! Let the leaders continue going abroad. The case will continue to get worst.
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blowjohn(m): 9:12am On May 07 |
Akissani: I don divert too o |
stasius: 9:12am On May 07 |
Two of my friends left last month. I hope they added them. It will continue sha. |
tuoyoojo(m): 9:14am On May 07 |
Nigeria is not serious about this doctor issue When we are ready, we know what to do |
Indispensable85(m): 9:14am On May 07 |
One day una nor go find anybody again. Failed useless government
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TriCee: 9:17am On May 07 |
Ok
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tnerro1(m): 9:18am On May 07 |
If you are hoping this country will get better under the current istration, you are wasting your time. Better do what will favor you and your families. Na survival of the smartest for Nigeria now.As a doctor, if you can , japa and no look back. When you have made it over there, you can bring your kids back to show them the place you escaped from to make their lives better
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Aremson14(m): 9:20am On May 07 |
Desperate time comes for desperate measures Increase capacity now for medical students in universities Attend to medical staff welfare Make it difficult for federal medical workers to japa Upon all of those personal advisers selected none of them are thinking Nigeria is so disconnected. |
lomaxx: 9:24am On May 07 |
Majority of which are anywhere but Nigeria
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Dalohad: 9:25am On May 07 |
This is becoming a boring cliché. Increase ission for Medicine and stop hoarding medical knowledge to cry foul later. Cuba did it, they now have more Doctors than mechanics, and even export to other countries. Train more practitioners. Those who read courses related to medicine, like pharmacy, Nursing, MLS, Physio, Radiography. If they are interested, let them go back to school, do, 2-3 years clinicals and graduate as physicians. These are practical solutions, apply them. This complain is getting too frequent and boring already. Learn from Cuba and produce more Doctors if it is a problem. The solutions are staring you in the face but you are more interested in playing politics and gatekeeping medical education, than in actually solving the problem . 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Dalohad: 9:27am On May 07 |
malali: Are you a doctor? |
ogaemma: 9:37am On May 07 |
Don't blame those doctors who have japa. Blame the government who destroyed the economy and country beyond repair. Is obvious they don't have a future in Nigeria again, so long as Tinubu is president. Go to all the federal medical centers in FCT Abuja, you will understand why politicians and the elites do not go to public hospitals. You will tell yourself, that if you have enough money, you will never go to any public hospitals. The government have destroyed the health sector. 3 Likes |
aywagze(m): 9:43am On May 07 |
People should become doctors to help the sick and not for the money and if they left because they want more money then, you should make training more doctors a priority. I hate to say this, it is not everyone that becomes doctor for money. Some truely have the ion to take care of people ..🤔
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36STATES: 9:45am On May 07 |
I don't know where you get your numbers but this is typical Lagos Ibadan newspaper fake news. How can Imo state that produce more graduate doctors than the whole of South West combined have less doctors than Oyo or Ogun? I am from Imo state and I know there are more than 1000 hospitals in Owerri and environs alone. This is besides at least the 30 to 50 hospitals in each local government. malali: 2 Likes |
RepoMan007: 9:46am On May 07 |
Thats in addition to the native doctors who stone devils right?
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ozo13(m): 9:48am On May 07 |
And some are warming up to leave
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