Governor Abiodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State, the Registrar of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria [MDCN], Dr. Fatima Kyari; and others, have urged young Nigerian doctors to stay behind in order to build and give back to the country, saying there is hope at the end of the tunnel.
They made the call during the induction ceremony into the medical profession for the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery [MBBS] and Bachelor of Dental Surgery [BDS] graduating class of 2024 of the University Of Ibadan College Of Medicine, held at the Paul Hendricks Lecture theatre.
It was gathered that out of 147 inductees, only one of them said he would stay back in the country.
Governor Oyebanji whose child was one of the inductees -Toluwanimi Esther Oyebanji – pleaded with the inductees to stay back in order to add value to the country.
On her part, the MDCN Registrar , Kyari, who was represented by Dr. Okwuokenye Henry , the Deputy Registrar and Head of Medical Registration, argued that the Nigerian government has heavily subsidised their education and they ought to reciprocate the effort of the government in waiting to give back to the society and humanity.
The Provost of the college Professor Olayinka Omigbodun, lamented the ‘japa’ syndrome, saying there is danger in letting the best go.
The provost said: ‘’It is very saddening that most of our doctors want to leave Nigeria. When I interviewed them, only one of them wanted to stay behind. It is devastating to this nation.
One of the doctors, Dr. Olatunbosun David Adedayo, said he would not leave the country in order to add value and contribute his own quota to the development of the health sector.
