2,000 Doctors leave Nigeria annually to practice abroad.
1 doctor attends to an approximate 6,000 patients.
We need 237,000 doctors but only have 35,000.
We need Doctors to have better conditions of service so that they can remain doctors and not Farmers or Politicians.
Alkasim Abdulkadir
74.2K posts
Global Citizen at the Intersection of Everything Comms + International Affairs. Governance + Photog + avid News consumer
Abuja, Nigeria.
Born April 14
Joined November 2010
- I have been serving on recruitment panels lately, I will like to share a simple list of “dos and donts”. I hope prospective candidates find it useful #Thread
- Replying to @binjoadeniranIn 2004, called my host from Madrid Airport and he said, if you leave now it’s a 6 hour bus trip to Mojácar. You will get here by 8.00 pm. At 8:00 pm the bus stopped at the Bus Terminal. Couldn’t believe it because I come from the land of “Unforeseen Circumstances”
- Please disregard the Leadership story, the wife of COAS was not on board.
- If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it. ~Zora Neal Hurston
- Let me help you fix the headline @AP “Witness says many dead in terrorist attack at mosque in New Zealand...” *FixedBREAKING: Witness says many dead in mass shooting at mosque in New Zealand city of Christchurch. apne.ws/3Ivzotb
- Travel Advisory: African tourists are advised to keep away from areas surrounding The US Capitol especially around the east end of the National Mall at East Capitol Street NE and First Street SE, anti-democratic elements are on prowl and may be hostile. Caution is advised.
- Replying to @alkayyHope you find these few points useful, thank you. -End- Ramadan Kareem
- Appeal: You may receive the video of the execution of Saifura Hussaini Ahmed please do not share it. The least we owe her in death is dignity. May she Rest In Peace.
- And @dadiyata disappeared off the surface of the earth. May this forced disappearance end. May God reunite him with his family and friends.
- Quick to call us Laymen, who’s a layman now…not even NURTW Oshodi monthly meeting exhibit such untoward behavior
- 10 years ago today @elnathan_john and I were about to have breakfast when the editors at @CNN called me from Atlanta saying that the UN Building had been hit by terrorists in Abuja and wanted updates ...we rushed there. The day heralded a new Chapter of terrorism in Nigeria





