‘Charity Begins At Home, Come Back And Serve Your People’ — President Tinubu
“Return Home and Serve Your Community” Nigerian doctors abroad are urged to return by President Tinubu
On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu stated that his administration was giving the health sector in Nigeria top priority and improving it through significant investments and a larger budgetary allotment in the proposed 2024 budget.
Thus, he urged Nigerian medical professionals who were working overseas to “sacrifice their time to come back home and serve their people.”
He was pleading with nations that were abducting Nigerian healthcare professionals to take Nigeria's interests into consideration.
Tinubu made the announcement regarding the launch of Nigeria's Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday.
Tinubu declared that health was a basic human right and that, beginning in 2024, a thorough renovation of the physical infrastructure, equipment, and front-line health workers would take place.
“Nigeria's commitment to achieving Universal Health Care Coverage is reflected in the unwavering dedication of my administration to uphold this right for every individual, young or old, in rural or urban areas,” the President said.
The event on Tuesday was a part of the celebration of Universal Health Coverage Day, which falls on December 12 every year.
Tinubu boasted that Nigeria continues to attract the brightest minds in medicine, which led his administration to include a sizeable amount for the field in the 2024 budget that is presently being considered by the National Assembly.
“We encourage those Nigerian health professionals in the Diaspora, just like Professor Ali Pate and Tunji Alausa have done, to sacrifice their time to come back home and serve their people. Consider your contributions here at home, as we say, “Charity begins at home.”
“For the developed countries who benefited from amazing talents of Nigerian health workers, we'll really encourage them to consider how to support the expansion of training facilities in Nigeria to replace those that they have recruited from here. You should also look at the short and long-term opportunities that we offer.”
More than five thousand Nigerian doctors have emigrated to the US, UK, UAE, and other African nations.
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