Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on governments at all levels to provide incentives for medical professionals in order to stem the tide of migration, popularly known as ‘Japa’.
Speaking on Monday at the commissioning of a hospital in Zamfara State, Obasanjo stressed the urgent need to retain trained doctors and healthcare workers within the country.
“For hospitals, especially when many Nigerians who have been trained as medical personnel are ‘japa-ing’, which is going out of the country, looking for better conditions, how do you hold them here? You have to give them a bit of incentive,” he said.
