NMA demands better pay, safer workplaces to stem doctors’ exodus

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the Federal Government to provide doctors with internationally competitive remuneration, improved working conditions and safer workplaces to stem the growing exodus of medical professionals from the country.
The association warned that excessive workloads, occupational stress, inadequate healthcare infrastructure, poor remuneration and declining welfare were undermining physicians’ wellbeing and threatening the future of medical practice in Nigeria.
The Chairman of the NMA in Ogun State, Dr Sunday Enimola, made the call at a press conference in Abeokuta as part of activities marking the 2026 Physicians...