At the two-day induction and oath-taking ceremonies of PAMO University’s graduates in Port Harcourt, former Rivers State governor, Dr. Peter Odili, called for urgent measures to curb the mass migration of medical professionals, Blessing Ibunge writes
A veteran medical practitioner and former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, last week gave some tips to the federal government on how to reduce the ‘japa’ syndrome in Nigeria.
Odili, who is the founder of the PAMO University of Medical Sciences in Port Harcourt, said upward salary review would stem the mass exodus of medical doctors. He also gave another tip, urging states to emulate Rivers State by embarking on mass training of medical doctors through scholarship schemes, saying it would reduce the ‘japa’ effect by replacing those who leave the country.