emmasege:
Your experience is the same as those young, intelligent and productive scholars in the academia. Professors who last conducted any meaningful research more than 20 or 30 years ago, are retained in the system just because they have not attained the retirement age of 70 years. And this is why younger Nigerians who go abroad for postgraduate programs never want to come back home to lecture in Nigerian universities because they are afraid of some wizards who may kill their careers out of jealousy.

Setting retirement age at 70 for professors and 65 for non-academics is one of the worst mistakes of the obasanjo/yaradua regimes, and it is selfish on the part of ASUU, NASU or SSANU. The funny thing is that some of them are content collecting salaries till 65 or 70 while their children are jobless and still collect allowance from them after graduation. If government is serious about creating jobs, let them revisit this retirement age of 70 for profs and 65 for non-academics, and watch how jobs will be created in the next 5 years. The good thing about such reversal is that fresh blood with innovative ideas will be injected into the system.

Heavance:
God, what was my previous life offence that actually brought me to Nigeria?
If doctors are complaining of no jobs, then what can others talk about? Who will then help to treat the sick?
I just tire for this country that doesn't believe in playing for the next generation

You were sent from Heaven to Nigeria to experience hell on earth, in your next life, you will be an Australian or Danish citizen . Lol, but l agree with the points you raised, the country is definitely in chaos and has been rap.ed without a condom by useless politicians

Ishilove:

This is highly unusual of you.

Back to the topic. Nigeria is royally fvcked. Fvcked anally without grease. Fvcked in every aspect. Fvcked without a ray of hope. Fvcked because we are a country filled with wicked and satanic people who don't want good for their fellow men.

ekems2017:
I support you in this one. Some of them are so annoying. (apology to the good ones) They don't even know what they are doing. They bribe their way through. Imagine you complaining of stomach pains and a doctor is either googling or checking the text book in front of him or her to know the drugs to prescribe. I support the older doctors. Pls continue to hold on for us till 70yrs for this one. The rot in this younger doctors is too much.

hahn:


And all the gods we keep praying to are doing nothing about it

Hian, you again, where is my cane

Drabrah:
Pls won't anybody raise alarm abt d sale of form in FMC, Öwö?
How can they sell forms 2yrs ago, refuse to call for interview let alone pick anybody (even wen we know it's jst formalty) & then place advert for sale of forms again!
This is ridiculous!

Drabrah:
Pls won't anybody raise alarm abt d sale of form in FMC, Öwö?
How can they sell forms 2yrs ago, refuse to call for interview let alone pick anybody (even wen we know it's jst formalty) & then place advert for sale of forms again!
This is ridiculous!

Jozprecious:
ah ah madam. it can never be this bad. a doctor Google or check textbook before you? abeg talk another thing jor

ibroh22:

nawa o,,, but they said nurses are well paid than doctors in USA,,travel out na

dirtymoney:
I used to ignorantly envy doctors till my bro graduated from med school. He did his house job in one of the best federal government owned hospitals, went for NYSC and his hustle started. For over 3 years now he has not been able to secure a spot for his residency. There is no part of this country he has not penetrated. Today, he is in Ibadan, tomorrow Jos, next week Yola, Calabar, Benin... He works in 2 hospitals, 12 hours each. We get to see eachother only on Sundays. With this sef, his case is even better. Many of his friends who work in private clinics and earn as little as 60k per month. Some have to combine two clinics just to make 6 figures. The profession has since lost its name and respect.
But which profession sef still has value in this country? Lawyers are even the worse sef. Lawyers in Abuja are used as secretaries and errand boys/girls. You see then running up and down in banks all day to make CAC/NBA payments for their bosses and associates. Seems secretarial function has become part of law practice. What would you say about engineers who don't even have where to do the errand runnings
Truth is... The system is all so messed up.

daretodiffer:
One of the best doctors have ever had used WebMD and one online medical dictionary like that for a very simple issue. She is not a Nigerian. She is white and does not live in Nigeria.

Older doctors can be very annoying, rude and incompetent as younger doctors..Speaking from experience

Heavance:
God, what was my previous life offence that actually brought me to Nigeria?
If doctors are complaining of no jobs, then what can others talk about? Who will then help to treat the sick?
I just tire for this country that doesn't believe in playing for the next generation

AngelicBeing:
Hian, you again, where is my cane

daretodiffer:
One of the best doctors have ever had used WebMD and one online medical dictionary like that for a very simple issue. She is not a Nigerian. She is white and does not live in Nigeria.

Older doctors can be very annoying, rude and incompetent as younger doctors..Speaking from experience

buffalowings:


use webmd at your own peril
a site where everything will give you cancer

a word is enough for the wise

Angeleena:
smh....a doc is complaining.. then what would you say of the nurses??doctors are flexing full time,they don't take doctors for granted, nurses would embark on warning strike,even enter main strike,from now till eternity, yet nothing come out..but doctors just warning strike, is enuf..most hospitals have doctors stations, but nurses,theirs is pathetic.. in fact resident doctors, are bring paid,soo well,compared to the nurses,sometimes medical students, are being paid,even when they Neva smell their final MB exams...a fresh doctor, earns higher than a nurse,that's in the system for several donkey years, whereas these nurses,do the main jobs..have seen a doc,that can't fix simple cannula..so guy,ur case holds no water,in the case of doctors and nurses,monkey dey work, baboons dey chop.

ekems2017:
Our experience differ though. But I prefer the older ones.

Angeleena:
smh....a doc is complaining.. then what would you say of the nurses??doctors are flexing full time,they don't take doctors for granted, nurses would embark on warning strike,even enter main strike,from now till eternity, yet nothing come out..but doctors just warning strike, is enuf..most hospitals have doctors stations, but nurses,theirs is pathetic.. in fact resident doctors, are bring paid,soo well,compared to the nurses,sometimes medical students, are being paid,even when they Neva smell their final MB exams...a fresh doctor, earns higher than a nurse,that's in the system for several donkey years, whereas these nurses,do the main jobs..have seen a doc,that can't fix simple cannula..so guy,ur case holds no water,in the case of doctors and nurses,monkey dey work, baboons dey chop.

Temidayo9:
Most of Doctors work re bn done by God in churches.

obamd:
This is not exactly news, it's been on for a very long time.
Every 20-30yrs, there's usually an exodus of skilled Medical workers out of Nigeria.

It was once Saudi Arabia, and Nigerian doctors made so much money then. They came back and bought houses in Ikeja GRA, ikoyi and many other investments.

This time, it's the worst exodus that has ever happened. Like someone else said, one day people will go to hospitals and won't find doctors anymore.

Last November, 150 Nigerian doctors wrote the UK medical licencing exam (PLAB), this march, there were 400. By November, there will be at least a thousand. Meanwhile, we churn out just about a thousand doctors from our medical schools yearly so you might argue that the impact won't be felt but hey... The good guys have left.
These figures exclude those who've
So there's a list of countries Nigerian doctors are going to.. UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Qatar, Germany, Saudi Arabia, UAE.
Basically, anywhere outside this country is just fine.

I don't think there's an immediate solution as the government can't afford to pay the kind of money the doctors get paid outside here.

Besides finaincial gratification, there's a better Career progression, better opportunities for research, and a generally better quality of life. You can have brain space to do more productive thinking other than buying fuel for generator and difficulty in doing business.

As we speak, it is easier for a Nigerian doctor to get residency placement in the UK and USA than in Nigeria. As a matter of fact, there's nothing like Merit in the recruitment process.

Way forward, there's need to reform some sectors in Nigeria. Even if everything collapses, Education and health shouldn't chash.

God bless Nigeria

dirtymoney:
I used to ignorantly envy doctors till my bro graduated from med school. He did his house job in one of the best federal government owned hospitals, went for NYSC and his hustle started. For over 3 years now he has not been able to secure a spot for his residency. There is no part of this country he has not penetrated. Today, he is in Ibadan, tomorrow Jos, next week Yola, Calabar, Benin... He works in 2 hospitals, 12 hours each. We get to see eachother only on Sundays. With this sef, his case is even better. Many of his friends who work in private clinics and earn as little as 60k per month. Some have to combine two clinics just to make 6 figures. The profession has since lost its name and respect.
But which profession sef still has value in this country? Lawyers are even the worse sef. Lawyers in Abuja are used as secretaries and errand boys/girls. You see then running up and down in banks all day to make CAC/NBA payments for their bosses and associates. Seems secretarial function has become part of law practice. What would you say about engineers who don't even have where to do the errand runnings
Truth is... The system is all so messed up.

ibroh22:

nawa o,,, but they said nurses are well paid than doctors in USA,,travel out na

Temidayo9:
Most of Doctors work re bn done by God in churches.

AngelicBeing:
Hian, you again, where is my cane

Heavance:
God, what was my previous life offence that actually brought me to Nigeria?
If doctors are complaining of no jobs, then what can others talk about? Who will then help to treat the sick?
I just tire for this country that doesn't believe in planing for the next generation

adepeter26:

Lol, that image tho

The Olokpa is my friend, Nairaland contracted me to use the guy to flog silly comments and the olokpa is doing a great job, he flogs sense into so many members who post rubbish, he wont flog you though because you are a gentle guy, where is my olokpa friend come and say hi to adepeter26