Why Nigerian Govt Must Invest In Training Of Surgeons –Varsity Don

A university don, Professor Abdus-Samiu Musa-Olomu, has stressed the urgent need for government at all levels to invest in training more general surgeons to save lives.
Musa-Olomu, of the Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, made the call while presenting the university’s 308th inaugural lecture, titled “Beauty of Surgeon’s Knife: Bring Smiles to Patients”.
He also advocated revisiting the creation of the Office of Surgeon-General by the Federal Government to make the surgeon’s job easier.
Musa-Olomu stressed that state and local government authorities should ensure adequate training of local bone setters and traditional birth attendants to improv...