Sponsored by Ganiyu Johnson (APC/Lagos) the bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, Cap. M379, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 to Mandate Any Nigeria Trained Medical or Dental Practitioner to Practice in Nigeria for a Minimum of Five Years Before Granted a Full License by the Council in Order to Make Quality Health Services Available to Nigeria; and for Related Matters,” was meant to check the mass exodus of medical professionals from the country.”
Commenting on the bill, Agboola opined that it is a very wrong way to address brain drain, even as he described the bill as retrogressive, human rights-infringing, anachronistic and draconian.
“It won’t stop the exodus because it will only affect doctors who are not yet fully licensed. To me it is an ill-conceived policy that will make no positive impact on our health system. I think the question we should be asking ourselves as a country is, what is the remote cause of the brain drain in the health sector?,” he averred.
