The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) has commended the annual enrollment of nurses in Nigeria from 28,000 students two years ago to 115,000 students presently.
This milestone, according to the group, was due to the deliberate policy of President Bola Tinubu led administration to boost the country’s healthcare sector by training more medical personnel, including nurses and doctors.
The Chairman of TMV, Mr Chukwudi Enekwechi in a statement on Saturday, said that the increased enrollment was in line with the federal government’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medical Sciences (STEM) initiative.
“We believe that this is a welcome development bearing in mind that nurses’ skills would serve a useful purpose for Nigeria. First, it will enable Nigerian nurses to travel to the various countries where their services will be needed.
“Definitely, this would attract more diaspora remittances to Nigeria, as well as open up job opportunities for Nigerian nurses within and outside the country.
“Furthermore, the nurses’ enrollment comes with the acquisition of necessary skills that are in high demand abroad,” said the group.
According to TMV, with the huge enrollment of nurses, Nigeria can emulate India which remitted about 129 billion dollars as diaspora remittances in 2024 alone, and human capital and medical personnel account for a substantial part of the remittances.
The group is hopeful that this new development would position Nigeria to begin to outsource human capital to the world including Europe and America.