Kwara Governor's Wife Appeals to Pharmacy Students: 'Stay in Nigeria, Build Our Healthcare

Date: 2024-10-09

According to Business Day, Olufolake AbdulRazaq, the wife of Kwara State Governor, has urged pharmacy students to consider remaining in Nigeria after their graduation to contribute to the nation's healthcare system, thereby reducing the increasing reliance on medical tourism. She made this appeal during a lecture at the Annual Conference of the Pharmaceutical Students Association of Nigeria (PANS), held at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) on Tuesday.

Represented by the State Commissioner for Health, Aminat Ahmed El-Imam, Mrs. AbdulRazaq stressed that real growth, success, and positive change come from personal efforts and a commitment to improving one's home country. She noted that the exodus of medical professionals is contributing to a growing healthcare gap, urging the students to play a pivotal role in reversing this trend.

Addressing Medical Tourism, Mrs. AbdulRazaq emphasized that by choosing to practice in Nigeria, pharmacy students can help stem the capital flight caused by medical tourism, which many Nigerians pursue abroad. "Your skills are needed here, and you can be the catalyst for change in our healthcare sector," she said.

Her comments resonate amid ongoing concerns about brain drain in Nigeria's healthcare industry, with an increasing number of professionals leaving the country for better opportunities abroad.

“There is no greener pasture anywhere in the World than the one you water yourself”, she noted.

While encouraging the students to invest their skills and expertise in building the Country's healthcare system, she acknowledged the challenges in Nigeria's health sector.

Abdulrazaq, however auded the ongoing efforts of the Federal Minister of Health and the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to improve healthcare services across the Country.

She reassured the students that their contributions as pharmaceutical professionals are crucial to the development of a nation which is home to over 200 million people, saying, “Nigeria needs you to help make a difference.”

She pointed out that numerous entrepreneurial opportunities are available in Nigeria, specifically in Kwara State, where structures are being put in place to ease the journey for aspiring entrepreneurs in the pharmaceutical sector.

“No one understands the country's health needs better than those who have studied and trained here,” she added.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Eleja     Monthly Sanitation     TVC Female National Debate     SSA Youth     Ben Duntoye     Toyosi Thomas     National Party Of Nigeria     Aliyu Muyideen     Moses Afolayan     New Nigeria People’s Party     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Mohammed Saidu     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Kolo     Femi Ogunsola     Makama Of Kaiama     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     NAWOJ     Kale Belgore     Ilorin Airport     Basit Olatunji     Ahmed     Isiaka Danmeromu     Ilorin Muslim Community     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Paul Olawoore     Moses Adekanye     ITP     Olofa Of Offa     Igbaja     Jide Oyinloye     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Isiaka Oniwa     Ilorin General Hospital     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Gbugbu     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Khairat Gwadabe     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Kehinde Baale     Obasanjo     Quarry Royal Valley     Shonga Farm Project     Jare Olatundun     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Sheriff Shagaya     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Erubu Oba Zubair     Kwara Restoration Project     Sodiya     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Ladi Hassan     Baba Idris     Olabode George Towoju     General Hospital, Offa     EndSARS     Riskat Opakunle     Albert Ogunsola     Tanke Road     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Kwara State Sports Commission     Harrison Osauwagboe     Dele Momodu     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     All Peoples Party     Tunji Folami     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Vasolar Consortium     Moses Salami     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Galadima     Balogun-Ojomu     Durosinlohun Kawu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yeketi     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Irepodun     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Femi Agbaje     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Usman Alkali Baba     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Lateef Fagbemi     Maryam A. Garuba     Joseph Offorjama     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Ibrahim Labaika     Isiaka Gold     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Omu Aran     Pilgrims Board     Shettima     Monthly Sanitation     Jaiz Bank     Adesoye     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Henry Makinwa     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Col. Taiwo     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     BECE     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     KWIRS     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Suleiman Ajadi     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Tsado Manman     Ahmed \'Lateef     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Baboko     Mansur Alfanla     Adijat Adebiyi     Zara Umar     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Amos Justus Sayo     Clara Nwachukwu     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     George Innih     Ohoro Of Shao     Sheikh Ariyibi     Peter Obi     IYA YUSUF     Students Union Government     General Hospital, Offa     Jalala     Adanla-Irese     Asa     Moro     Ekiti     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Rafiu Olasile     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     UNILORIN Alumni Association     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Tuesday Assayomo     UNIFEMGA     Student Learning Support Helpline     Shonga Farm Project     Jide Oyinloye     Yahaya Seriki     Gwanara     Yahya Mohammed     Kunle Akogun     Quranic Recitation Competition     Damilola Yusuf     Ibrahim Taiwo     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa