The Minister of State for Health, Hon. Joseph Ekumankama, on Monday, reiterated the effort of the Federal Government to address the brain drain in the country.
Ekumankama call on the doctors and nurses to remain in the country to fight current issue affecting the health sector.
The minister who spoke with newsmen while inaugurating various projects at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Meta, Lagos, identified brain drain as the major challenge affecting the health sector currently.
He said: “The greatest challenge facing the sector presently is the doctors and nurses leaving the country but I want to rather encourage them to stay back seeing the effort the government is putting.
“We can attest to it that the government in the last three years has released 100 percent of the budget for the health sector.
“As a sacrifice, I want to encourage them to stay back and help us revitalise the health sector and we have witnessed that today with what is on ground in this hospital.
