At least 85 per cent of Nigerian doctors are planning to leave the country to seek greener pastures. This is according to the data obtained from the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors.

The report also showed that the preferred countries for immigration intentions are the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
The NARD members are of House Officers, Registrars, Senior Registrars, and Medical Officers below the level of Principal Medical Officers.

The President of the association, Dr Emeka, said that if the government does not take steps to address the ongoing brain drain in the country, the situation will get worse in the health sector. He said it is not a joke, mobility of labour is acceptable anywhere and what the government should do is to address the root causes of the immigration of doctors, as long as they don’t address it, when these doctors see better opportunities out there, they will want to go there. The government needs to improve on the things we have highlighted to reduce the brain drain.