The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) has noted with joy the astronomical rise in the annual enrollment of nurses in Nigeria from 28,000 students two years ago to 115,000 students presently.
This milestone, according to the group, was attained based on the deliberate policy of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to boost the country’s healthcare sector by training more medical personnel, including nurses and doctors.
In a statement signed by its Chairman Chukwudi Enekwechi and Secretary Shedrach Sunday, the group argued that the increased enrollment is in line with the federal government’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medical Sciences (STEM) initiative.
It said: “We believe that this is a welcome development bearing in mind that nurses’ skills would serve a useful purpose for Nigeria. First, it will enable Nigerian nurses to travel to the various countries where their services will be needed.
“Definitely, this would attract more diaspora remittances to Nigeria, as well as open up job opportunities for Nigerian nurses within and outside the country. Furthermore, the nurses’ enrollment comes with the acquisition of necessary skills that are in high demand abroad.
“It is noted that with the huge enrollment of nurses in Nigeria, we can emulate India which remitted about $129 billion as diaspora remittances in 2024 alone, and human capital and medical personnel account for a substantial part of the remittances.”
The group is hopeful that this new development will position Nigeria to begin to outsource human capital to the outside world including Europe and America.
