Analyzing Nigeria's Anti-Brain Drain Bill with Ifeanyi Nsofor

Nigerian medical and dental graduates are emigrating in droves to high-income countries such as the USA, UK, and UAE. In response to this crisis, Rep. Ganiyu Abiodun Johnson has sponsored a bill amending the 2004 Medical and Dental Practitioners Act. Nigeria-trained medical and dental practitioners will have to work in Nigeria for five years before they are granted a full license.

To discuss this bill with us today is Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor. As a global health equity advocate, he will bring unique insight into the state of health workforce retention in Nigeria. This insight is bolstered by his past experience at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Medical School where he graduated as a medical doctor. He has since gone on to train in community health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, strategic frameworks for non-profit organizations at the Harvard Kennedy School health policy and health economics at Jesus College, Oxford University. Simply put, his contributions to this discussion cannot be overstated.

Resources
Read Dr. Nsofor's medium piece here: Doctors in Nigeria Deserve Better Treatment from Their Lawmakers
Here is an editorial by the Daily Trust in support of the bill for an opposing view: Yes To The 5-Year Doctors’ Mandatory Service Bill
And the response from the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).

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