The Ministry of Well being has introduced a brand new coverage prohibiting well being employees from taking depart of absence.
It has additionally revealed plans to recruit 120,000 further nurses.
The federal government mentioned it has put a rule that healthcare employees can’t take day off in the event that they need to work overseas.
The Minister of State for Well being, Dr. Tunji Alausa; mentioned this on Saturday in Abeokuta, including that if well being employees need to go overseas for higher alternatives, they need to give up their jobs first earlier than they will depart.
Throughout his go to to the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in Aro, the Minister talked about how President Bola Tinubu’s Govt Order addressed mind drain within the well being sector, often known as ‘Japa Syndrome’.
He talked about that the yearly variety of nurses becoming a member of has elevated considerably from about 28,000 to 68,000 and is projected to succeed in 120,000 by the tip of the 12 months.
reporter stories that docs, nurses and different well being employees are leaving the nation in massive numbers to hunt greener pastures overseas
