President Bola Tinubu has charged the West African College of Physicians to find solutions to the migration of doctors from Nigeria and other West African countries.
The college’s Assistant Secretary-General, Hasibu Galadanci, disclosed this on Saturday at a press conference in Abuja as the institution began its golden jubilee and annual general and scientific meeting.
Galadanci said Tinubu raised the issue, popularly known as ‘japa’, during a meeting with the college’s leadership.
“In fact, when we saw the President of Nigeria, His Excellency, President Tinubu, that was one of the main things he charged us with, that we should discuss the ‘japa’ syndrome and find solutions to them,” he said.
He said the conference would feature a dedicated session examining the factors pushing health workers out of West Africa and the conditions attracting them to foreign countries.
“We have a whole session that will look at the push and the
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