FOLLOW UP: Doctors React To Proposed Five-year Compulsory Service

Dr. Emeka Orji, the president of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, has called the proposed bill mandating medical professionals to complete five years of compulsory service before migrating to another country “anti-people” and demanded that it be dropped.

Orji said, “Some people want to cause trouble for this government before they leave. NARD is averse to such anti-people bill and it is unfortunate that an honourable member will be thinking about that. That is selfishness.

“Have they come up with bills to stop public officials from seeking medical services abroad at taxpayers’ expense? They will not do that because it is affecting them directly and instead of addressing the root causes of brain drain, they are going to the symptom, and that is totally unacceptable.

“We know that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is someone that reasons a lot and we intend to reach out to him, that bill needs to be withdrawn. The thing is causing a lot of agitation already all over the country, and nobody should be allowed to cause a crisis for this regime that is about to end.”

Recall that the House of Representatives has begun the process of amending the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act in order to prevent the migration of Nigerian-trained medical practitioners.

The amendment, sponsored by Ganiyu Johnson (APC, Lagos), has passed second reading and proposes that Nigerian-trained medical doctors serve in the country for five years before being granted a full practising licence.

 

 

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