The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, is displeased over the brain drain phenomenon that has hit the medical sector in the country.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, is displeased over the brain drain phenomenon that has hit the medical sector in the country.

Gbajabiamila described as unacceptable, a situation whereby over 2,000  resident doctors have left the shores of the country, with about 800 leaving in the last eight months, bringing the average to about a hundred medical doctors leaving the country monthly in search of better working conditions.

He, however, said it was time for the government to holistically address the issues responsible for the negative trend.

Speaking during a courtesy call to his office on Thursday by the executives of the National Association of Resident Doctors, led by the President, Dr. Emeka Orji, Gbajabiamila, however, cautioned that the issue of funding must be properly situated within the context of the prevailing global economic situation since Nigeria is not an island.