The Minister of health, Ali Pate says doctors and nurses trained in Nigeria are sought-after globally, and that 67 percent of them work in the United Kingdom (UK).

The minister, on a Televised  program,  said if health workers of Nigerian origin pull out of the National Health Service (NHS), the service will struggle.

He spoke on the new National Policy on Health Workforce Migration approved by President Bola Tinubu to tackle the exodus of health workers from Nigeria in a phenomenon colloquially known as ‘Japa’.

He said Nigerian doctors and nurses are attractive and the country should be proud of that, noting that not all Nigerian health workers leave the country and that those who leave have their reasons for exiting.