Federal Government don ban health professionals from going on leave of absence when dem wan relocate abroad.

Di Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa, talk dis one during im visit to Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Aro for Abeokuta. Im talk say, di directive dey inside di Executive Order wey di President Bola Tinubu issue. Im explain say, health workers wey wan go abroad to search for beta work must first resign before dem begin their journey.

Di Minister talk say dis decision na to tackle di wahala of brain drain wey people dey call ‘Japa Syndrome’ wey dey affect health sector. Im also talk say di government don start to recruit more people wey get experience for di health sector.

Di Minister say di annual enrollment of Nurses wey used to dey around 28,000 don increase to 68,000 and by di end of di year e go don reach 120,000.