Akin Osibogun, president of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Ijanikin, Lagos State, says more than 30,000 Nigerian doctors have left the country for different parts of the world.
Mr Osibogun, a professor of public health, said that the brain drain was affecting Nigeria’s health sector.
He made the disclosure at a press conference on Tuesday to announce the college’s 41st convocation ceremony scheduled for Thursday (Sept. 21).
The professor said that migration of doctors had become a challenge to the college in terms of having enough doctors to train.
“We need to keep training more and retaining more in the country through provision of financial and non-financial incentives by governments.
“Every medical doctor needs to enjoy the work they are doing to boost for productivity at the various hospitals.
“There is need for improvement of work environment, providing more facilities at hospitals, especially the teaching and general hospitals.
“We need to put in…