NMA slams Tinubu on the export agreement of Santa Lucia Doctor, describes the move as “unjustifiable hypocrisy”

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) fiercely condemned the decision of the federal government to deploy Nigerian doctors in Santa Lucia, describing the move as an evident act of hypocrisy in the worsening of the conditions of well -being for medical professionals at home.

In a strongly formulated declaration issued on Thursday and signed by the Secretary General of the NMA, dr. Ben Egbo, the association said that he was “deeply worried and dismayed” from the decision, above all because he arrives at a time when doctors in Nigeria are struggling with “systemic negligence, scarce wages, with allowances” and other long -standing legs.

The federal government had hinted that she would do it Distribute some Nigerian doctors in Santa Lucia and pay ₦ 40.8 million per year, while the doctors themselves earn only ₦ 11.9 million in Nigeria.

Reacting to development, the association said that it was disconcerted that the same government that “did not chronically honor the agreements” and has “undermined the well -being and dignity” of its health workers, now she will support an agreement to export doctors to another country.

“Export doctors while undermining their well -being at home is unjustifiable,” said NMA, adding that the initiative represents a “deeply worrying contradiction” and an “attempt to support the international image of Nigeria while it has not reached the basic obligations at home”.

According to NMA, Nigerian doctors are leaving the country to droves due to unbearable working conditions and inadequate compensation.

He cited a poor remuneration, delays in the provision of the training fund for the medical residence (MRTF), not implementing well -being agreements, lack of dangerous allowance and selective implementation of the wage structure of the Conmitss as some of the unosaged issues that feed the crisis.

“These challenges overloaded the doctors, leading to exhaustion, stress, chronic diseases and even deaths, which invariably increases the morbidity and mortality between the Nigerians,” said the association.

In a dramatic confrontation that underlines its frustration, the NMA has revealed a clear disparity of remuneration between the Nigerian doctors at home and those sent abroad.

According to the data, the Nigerian government will pay each doctor deployed to Santa Lucia ₦ 40.8 million per year, while the doctors themselves earn only ₦ 11.9 million a year when they serve in Nigeria. It is interesting to note that the authorities of San Luciano pay their doctors with the maximum profit of 131.7 million per year.

The NMA described the salary abroad proposed as five times higher than what doctors earn at home, warning that these incentives would only have further worsened brain’s escape in the health sector.

“While the NMA supports regional cooperation and international commitment, it is morally unjustifiable to export health workers to foreign countries and pay them five times higher than what they have earned while serving in Nigeria,” he said.

“This only encourages brain escape with its consequences on the health of the assistants.”

The association observed that, only one day before the announcement, he issued a 21 -day ultimatum that asked for an urgent government action on unresolved well -being issues.

These include the withdrawal and replacement of the controversial NSIWC circular, the implementation of collective bargaining agreements, the resolution of the remuneration distortions and the protection of the professional autonomy of doctors.

The NMA warned that, unless the federal government takes concrete measures to face the long -standing complaints of Nigerian doctors, further risks the collapse of the country’s already fragile health system.

“It is an insult to the sacrifices of the doctors still in service in Nigeria,” concluded the NMA.

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