Dr. Chris Ngige, Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment has said doctors who feel they want to relocate in search of greener pastures are free to do so as the nation has enough medical personnel. Ngige said this today while making an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
While responding to a question on brain drain and the deliberate recruitment of Nigerian doctors by foreign embassies in Nigeria to the detriment of the nation’s health sector, Ngige, who is also a medical doctor, said there was nothing wrong with doctors leaving the country as they would continue to send foreign exchange home which could, in turn, grow the economy.