QUICKTAKE – Doctors’ new retirement age will cushion brain drain, says NMA

NIGERIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (NMA) SAYS THE RECENT INCREASE IN THE RETIREMENT AGE OF DOCTORS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE WORKERS WILL HELP TO REDUCE THEIR EXODUS OUT OF THE COUNTRY

IN RECENT TIMES, THERE HAS BEEN A WAVE OF MIGRATION BY NIGERIANS WHO ARE SEEKING GREENER PASTURES ABROAD.

“JAPA” IS A POPULAR WORD USED TO DESCRIBE MIGRATION IN THE COUNTRY.

A FEW DAYS AGO, PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU APPROVED 65 YEARS AS THE NEW RETIREMENT AGE FOR DOCTORS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO ADDRESS THE BRAIN DRAIN IN THE SECTOR.

SPEAKING IN AN INTERVIEW WITH NAN, HAPPY ADEDAPO, NMA CHAIRMAN IN OYO, SAID THE APPROVAL IS A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT TO SOMEWHAT TAKE CARE OF SOME DOWNSIDES OF THE HIGHLY PREVALENT “JAPA” MALADY AMONG OTHER ISSUES BEDEVILLING THE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM.

DO YOU AGREE THAT INCREASE IN RETIREMENT AGE WILL REDUCE THE EXODUS OF MEDICAL DOCTORS AND HEALTHWORKERS OUT OF NIGERIA?

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*BIODUN BELLO

*VENERABLE TAYO ADEBAYO

RETIRED ARCHDEACON OF THE ANGLIAN COMMUNION AND FORMER CONTROLLER OF PROGRAMME (OPERATION), RADIO NIGERIA