Six OUT Of 10 Doctors Plan To Leave Nigeria, Says NARD

The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors has said six out of 10 doctors in the country plan to leave the country for greener pastures.

This is just as it disclosed that there are only 12,297 resident doctors in both the Federal and state tertiary health institutions in the country.

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The NARD President, Dr Dare Ishaya, disclosed these in an interview with reporters on Monday.

Ishaya said, “As of the last time we issued the questionnaire, we found that out of 10 health officials, six of them are planning to leave or have the intention to leave.

“The statistics we had then was in December 2021. So, it’s either they are planning to leave or they have thought of leaving.”

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Identifying the reasons behind the development, Ishaya said, “As we speak, I am aware that a lot of my colleagues are working towards leaving the country, and there are a lot of factors responsible for that. The push factor is majorly the economy.

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