Senior medical experts have identified trust deficit as a major factor responsible for Nigerians going abroad to seek healthcare, and not necessarily the lack of trained personnel in the nation’s health sector.
The experts noted that though the country’s healthcare sector faces some critical challenges, Nigeria still has some of the best medical doctors in the world.
They explained that systemic challenges in Nigerian hospitals often influence patients’ decisions to seek care outside the shores of Nigeria, even when similar medical expertise is available locally.
PUCNH Healthwise reports that there has been a surge in medical-related travel spending despite President Bola Tinubu’s administration policies targeted at improving healthcare infrastructure and moves to boost local pharmaceutical production.
In April 2025, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, put Nigeria’s annual losses to medical tourism at about $2 billion.
PUNCH Healthwise reports that numerous challenges, including acute manpower shortages,
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