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    Home » Nigeria Has Enough Doctors, We Produce Over 3,000 Annually – Ehanire
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    Nigeria Has Enough Doctors, We Produce Over 3,000 Annually – Ehanire

    Biyi LawrenceBy Biyi LawrenceAugust 24, 2022Updated:August 24, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
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    LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE Of NAIJA)- Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said there are enough medical doctors in the country, saying over 3,000 are produced every year and the number leaving is less than 1,000.

    According to NAN, Ehanire said this on Tuesday during a media conference in Abuja.

    There have been concerns about the relocation of doctors and other medical personnel to other countries, leading to understaffing in hospitals.

    Speaking on Tuesday, the minister said there is no embargo on the employment of doctors and other health personnel in the country.

    “There is no embargo on employing doctors; where there is a need, we do. But, because there is a civil service regulation, there are processes before doctors are employed,” he said.

    “We have heard complaints of doctors who are now leaving the system but there are actually enough doctors in the system because we are producing up to 2,000 or 3,000 doctors every year in the country, and the number leaving is less than 1,000.

    “It is just that the employment process needs to be smoothened.”

    Ehanire said the ministry was working with the office of the head of the civil service to use the ‘one-for-one’ employment strategy so that if one doctor or nurse resigns to go abroad another one is employed.

    “So, if we have one replacement then you are not likely to have shortage.

    “But that has been worked out because the head of service had the experience that in the past when one person goes, they use the opportunity to take three and those others may not even be people who are required.

    “We want to use this policy so that we can reduce shortages and have our personnel back in our hospitals.”

    Doctors Osagie Ehanire
    Biyi Lawrence

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