Nigerian nurses fleeing to UK hit 4yr high Only 20 Nigeria-trained nurses joined the UK nursing workforce between the six-months of October 2015 and March 2016. Four years later in the same period of 2020, the number jumped to 444, the highest number of Nigeria-trained nurses joining in a six-month period. Presently, there are 3,767 Nigeria-trained nurses on the register of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) of the United Kingdom. While they are still not as much as medical doctors who have left Nigeria, the departure pace has quickened in recent years and if not for COVID-19, the exodus by end of 2020 would have been more significant. BusinessDay analysis of the NMC UK’s register for the last five years and interviews with Nigerian nurses (already in the UK and planning to leave) show a steady but overlooked trend over the years. Medical doctors are not the only ones leaving Nigeria, and while their departure has received more coverage, other health workers are leaving too. As a...
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