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Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has underlined the necessity of halting the brain drain from the medical field.
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The National Association of Resident Physicians (NARD), led by its president Emeka Orji, were among the guests of Gbajabiamila, who claimed that the legislature is making efforts to stop Nigeria from losing doctors to other nations.
The speaker went on to say that it is critical to improve physician welfare and that it is “extremely worrisome” how many physicians are emigrating.
He stated:
“Everything is falling apart right now; this is a global phenomenon. The amount of money that nations should be earning is below average. And I’m confident that many of the doctors who leave Nigeria’s shores in quest of greener pastures will find happiness there as well as the realization that life is not always easy elsewhere.
“I want to urge you to wait a little longer, exercise a little more restraint, and stay. We will always do our utmost to help you as long as you have our ears here in the legislature.
Therefore, let’s do our best to stop this brain drain while working to improve your environment from this side.
We’ll look at the allocation for the health sector in this year’s budget. I’m still reading the budget, which we received a week ago, but I’ll focus on the health section to learn what the percentage is and how close we are to the Abuja statement.
“Here, I can’t make that promise. I cannot guarantee that we will increase it if we fall short because it depends on a variety of other factors, but we will do our best to at least come near. We’ll do our best to approach it objectively in the context of the revenue the nation has at its disposal.
“So many things are happening right now. The sacrifice then becomes necessary. Everyone is vying for the limited resources due to the Ukraine war, the theft of oil, and a host of other factors, but we are aware that education and health are our top priorities. We’ll do every effort to ensure that we adhere to the Abuja Declaration as closely as possible.
“The COVID-19 epidemic showed the dark side of our healthcare system, therefore we must not fall prey to the same trap again and do whatever is necessary.”
