Tackling Nigeria’s Brain Drain: Government Signs MoU With Private Institutions To Boost Healthcare Workforce
Princess-Ekwi Ajide
In a bid to tackle the exodus of its health professionals to foreign countries, the National Hospital Abuja, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four private institutions to scale up the training of health workers.
The new partnership aims to turn the tide by expanding local training capacity so as to strengthen the country’s healthcare system,
The event, facilitated by the Federal Government, saw the Coordinating Minister of Health & Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, signing the MoU alongside partners including the diaspora-based Concerned Medix Foundation, Nile University, Cosmopolitan University, and Yangongwo College of Nursing Sciences.
Prof. Pate described the initiative as a crucial step which aligns with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s agenda to fill the gaps left by migrating health professionals while maintaining global training standards.
“We must build capacity. If we don’t train enough, we will continue to lose more than we can retain. This partnership ensures that even if some leave, many will remain, and others may return,” the Minister emphasised.
The Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital Abuja, Prof. Raji Mahmud, lauded the government’s renewed focus on healthcare, noting that the partnership will exponentially expand training opportunities for medical and nursing students within and outside the hospital.
The collaboration underscores the growing role of private sector partnerships in transforming Nigeria’s healthcare landscape and tackling human capital deficits.
