The Joint Health Sector (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals Association (AHPA) said it would suspend its seven-day warning strike effective from midnight Oct. 31 in the spirit of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the general public interest. Kabiru Minjibir, National Chairman of JOHESU said this in a communiqué jointly signed by Martin Egbanubi,…

The Vice Chancellors of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Prof. Kayode Ijadunola, and his counterpart in Achievers University, Owo, Prof. Omolola Irinoye, have disclosed that the move by the government to curb the 'japa' syndrome among medical personnel with legislation will not address the menace. According to the vice-chancellors, with Nigeria churning out a large number of…

The Joint Association of Medical and Health Workers Union in Yobe has suspended the strike it started on Friday morning. The workers went on strike demanding the payment of their hazard allowances approved by the state government in 2019. The union’s Chairman in the state, Satomi Hikama, disclosed this to journalists in Damaturu on Friday.…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) predicts a 10 million shortage of health workers by 2030, mainly in low income countries like Nigeria. According to latest figures from the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has observed with grave concerns the failure of Federal and state

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has identified the dearth of human resources for health as the major challenge facing over 300 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the nation's capital city.

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has given approval for the recruitment of 1,000 health workers to fill the vacuum in the sector across the state.

AS the World Health Organisation (WHO) predicts a shortage of 10 million health workers by 2030, mostly in low-income countries, the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists (Registration) Board of Nigeria has lamented the increasing brain drain in the health sector.

Kwara State Government has further addressed outstanding salaries and gratuities owed to local government workers, basic school teachers, and pensioners by committing another N1.03 billion. This latest payment marks the government's continued efforts to settle inherited arrears from the previous administration. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has repeatedly emphasized the government's commitment to clearing these debts as…

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The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Benjamin Okezie Kalu has decried the exodus of medical professionals from the country.

The House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions has vowed to take necessary steps to reverse the brain drain in the health sector and the medical tourism to reduce the outflow of Nigerians seeking medical care abroad and doctors travelling outside the country to seek greener pastures.