You didn’t factor in the response of the Nigerian Government in mitigating the loss suffered by such emigration
There is a new policy in the pipeline
If it has not been implemented, though
The policy is to the effect that some number of years must be spent in Nigeria before some relevant training and professional certificates will be released to you
These certificates are relevant for employment
By the time it is released to the nurses, another cycle is repeated for the new new batch nurses
This enables the Nigerian public to enjoy the services of the nurses before they emigrate. When they travel out, another corp comes in and compulsorily serves the public before emigration.
Thanks so much yes you are right that the Nigerian Government planned to bond nurses for a couple of years to stay in the country, but it looks like it may not happen. I didn’t discuss it in the post here, as I was primarily intending to correct the CGD article rather than debate in detail the situation in Nigeria—which I’m glad has happened in the comments!
I love your comment here “This enables the Nigerian public to enjoy the services of the nurses before they emigrate. When they travel out, another corp comes in and compulsorily serves the public before emigration.”
I think you’re right its very reasonable (especially when people are trained in subsidised government institutions) to bond people to work in-country for 2-5 years. I think this can help buffer a country’s nursing resources, and allow training institutions time to ramp up their training. When considering opening a nursing school here in Uganda, perhaps in connection with a foreign government I thought a system like bonding some students for 3-5 years in Uganda before we connect them to opportunities abroad might be a decent way to operate.
You didn’t factor in the response of the Nigerian Government in mitigating the loss suffered by such emigration There is a new policy in the pipeline If it has not been implemented, though The policy is to the effect that some number of years must be spent in Nigeria before some relevant training and professional certificates will be released to you These certificates are relevant for employment By the time it is released to the nurses, another cycle is repeated for the new new batch nurses This enables the Nigerian public to enjoy the services of the nurses before they emigrate. When they travel out, another corp comes in and compulsorily serves the public before emigration.
Thanks so much yes you are right that the Nigerian Government planned to bond nurses for a couple of years to stay in the country, but it looks like it may not happen. I didn’t discuss it in the post here, as I was primarily intending to correct the CGD article rather than debate in detail the situation in Nigeria—which I’m glad has happened in the comments!
https://punchng.com/nurses-plan-showdown-as-fg-moves-to-slow-down-process/
I love your comment here “This enables the Nigerian public to enjoy the services of the nurses before they emigrate. When they travel out, another corp comes in and compulsorily serves the public before emigration.”
I think you’re right its very reasonable (especially when people are trained in subsidised government institutions) to bond people to work in-country for 2-5 years. I think this can help buffer a country’s nursing resources, and allow training institutions time to ramp up their training. When considering opening a nursing school here in Uganda, perhaps in connection with a foreign government I thought a system like bonding some students for 3-5 years in Uganda before we connect them to opportunities abroad might be a decent way to operate.