‘80 per cent eligible candidates lose medical schools’ admission in Nigeria’ 

Despite increasing number of eligible candidates seeking to study Medicine, only 20 per cent get admission in Nigerian schools.  Besides, public and private universities in the country can only produce 5,000 doctors yearly to serve the country’s huge population.

Meanwhile, Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate, said MDCAN has a pivotal role to change the poor state of healthcare system in the country. Although, the minister admitted the challenges in the sector, including the abysmal state of medical practice, which he said the present administration inherited, reminded that the government could not reverse the worsening system alone.
 
The minister insisted that despite the predicament, the commitment of MDCAN and that of the present administration would reverse the ugly trend and ensure a brighter future in the sector.
  
On the falling standard of medical education in Nigeria, Pate, who was represented by Prof. Abdulrahman Sheshe, challenged the senior medical doctors to dedicate their expertise towards improving both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in Nigeria.