Tinubu Urges Nigerian Medical Professionals In Diaspora To Return, Strengthen Nation's Health Sector
President Bola Tinubu on Friday urged Nigerian medical doctors and other healthcare professionals in the diaspora to return home and lend their expertise to the ongoing transformation of the nation's healthcare sector under the Renewed Hope Agenda.
President Bola Tinubuon Friday urged Nigerian medical doctors and other healthcare professionals in the diaspora to return home and lend their expertise to the ongoing transformation of the nation’s healthcare sector under theRenewed Hope Agenda. Tinubustated this when he received a delegation of Nigerian Diaspora Medical Associations Worldwide led by the Chief Executive Officer of theNigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM)Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, as part of the 2026 National Diaspora Day Celebration at the State House, Abuja. The event had in attendance the Minister of Information and National Orientation Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi, Minister of State for Health Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications Chief Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Health Dr. Salma Ibrahim Anas and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Women’s Health Dr. Adanna Steinacker. According to a release by his spokesman, Sunday Dare, the President acknowledged that Nigeria needed the knowledge, innovation, experience and patriotism of its highly skilled professionals abroad to build a resilient and world-class healthcare system for all citizens. “It is a very great joy to see that you are coming back to facilitate your single motivation to help your country meet the needs of our people, the medical outreaches; seeing indivisible commitment to humanity is part of your singular oath and commitment in life. I thank all of you. “I have been through that journey, I’m home now and I can tell you there’s nowhere like home. Some people built the society where you are; they have their hands on their plough, their focus was to develop their nation and their continent. ”The President recounted how he came to Nigeria after his experiences with Deloitte and Touche and working with Mobil (company) and eventually came to Nigeria to contribute his quota to nation building. He reaffirmed that the Renewed Hope Agenda placed healthcare at the centre of national development, stressing that the Federal Government was implementing far-reaching reforms to strengthen primary healthcare, expand access to quality medical services and encourage greater collaboration with Nigerian professionals in the diaspora. He said this would be achieved through sustained investments in medical education, research, digital health infrastructure, improved welfare and policies to reverse the trend of brain drain. “So many of you have seen the hazard of the other side of the world. You have experienced the challenges and you have come back home to feel it and seal it. Poverty and lack of development is a challenge to Africa but what do you see as a Nigerian? This is the heart of Africa. And I have interacted with many of you, my friends who are still out there to try to attract them home. “The best way to demonstrate to you is for me to commit myself to my agenda, the Renewed Hope, so that the hope of Nigerians of having better environment, better education, better development and prosperity can be realised. “And that your hope that this part of the continent will change for good, for better, for an improved hospitable environment, so that one day your children will see the foundation of this country as belonging to them and the future belonging to them is what we are working hard for. ”The President commended the doctors for their unwavering commitment to humanity through their recent medical outreach programmes conducted across different parts of the country, including the North-East, North-West, South-East, South-West and other regions. The President noted that their voluntary services, which brought specialist medical care, surgeries, consultations, health education and life-saving interventions to thousands of Nigerians, reflect the compassion, patriotism and excellence for which Nigerians are renowned globally. He urged the visiting doctorsPlease follow and like us: