The Founder, Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Company, Dr Ola Brown, has said that Nigeria’s economic challenges can be solved through strategic ongoing investments in the healthcare sector.
She explained that investing in healthcare would serve as a multiplier effect that would boost the economy, create jobs and contribute to overall development.
Brown stated this at the 2022 Nigeria Healthwatch Conference tagged “The Political Economy of Health: Investing in the Future of Nigeria”, according to a statement on Wednesday.
According to her, When we invest in healthcare, we are not just investing in healthcare but in the economy. The largest employer of skilled labour in the entire world is the NHS in the UK.
She added that if Nigeria is able to invest in a sector that has massive job creation potential, the country will be able to solve both the security and unemployment challenges.
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