The House of Representatives has just passed the second reading, a Medical and Dental Practitioners Act (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which would ensure that graduates in the medical and dental fields will mandatorily render their services within Nigeria for five years before they are granted a full license.
According to Ganiyu Johnson, the sponsor of the motion, the move was to check the mass exodus of medical professionals from the country.
Nigeria has in the past few years witnessed the mass migration of its professionals to developed countries, in a bid for a better life overseas.
