“Charity Begins At Home, Come Back” – Tinubu Pleads With Nigerian Doctors Abroad To Return Home

Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigerian medical professionals in the diaspora to return back to the country and contribute their quota to the development of the medical sector.

On Tuesday, December 12, the President made the call during the unveiling of Nigeria’s Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative at the State House in Abuja.

President Tinubu, who described health as a fundamental human right, announced plans for a comprehensive revamp of physical infrastructure and equipment, as well as the re-training of frontline health workers, to begin in 2024.

The President boasted that Nigeria remained a magnet for the brightest minds in medicine, prompting his administration to include a significant amount for the sector in the 2024 budget currently before the National Assembly. He then pleaded with Nigerian medical practitioners in exile to return home and serve their people.

“We encourage those Nigerian health professionals in the Diaspora, just like Professor Ali Pate and Tunji Alausa have done, to sacrifice their time to come back home and serve their people. Consider your contributions here at home, as we say, ‘Charity begins at home’.

For the developed countries who benefited from amazing talents of Nigerian health workers, we’ll really encourage them to consider how to support the expansion of training facilities in Nigeria to replace those that they have recruited from here. You should also look at the short and long-term opportunities that we offer.”

Yes, we have a vibrant, well-educated society, but we need Nigeria to rise on one side with climate change and drop the health system to decay. We will rise.”