‘There’s nowhere like home’ – Tinubu urges diaspora doctors to return

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja 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.

He reaffirmed that the Renewed Hope Agenda places healthcare at the centre of national development, stressing that the federal government is implementing far-reaching reforms to strengthen primary healthcare, expand access to quality medical services and encourage greater collaboration with Nigerian professionals in the diaspora.“Your Excellency, the ors said they had been trained in Nigeria and because they are Nigerians and succeeded abroad, but they want to come back home and do something, and that is why we have the diaspora commission encouraging them and working with them to ensure that they play a part in your Renewed Hope Agenda.