By David Kabiyesi
As part of his plans to create a soft landing for returnee Nigerian doctors, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has encouraged those doctors overseas willing to return home to free to do because the Army is ready to take them into its hospitals.
In a chat with the chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and the top management team of the commission at the Army Headquarters, Abuja, Lagbaja said the army will work hand in hand with NiDCOM to ensure Nigerian best doctors return home
He said having been in the Diaspora, he noticed that Nigeria parades the best doctors in the UK, U.S., Canada, and South Africa, stressing that the army, under his command, will be willing to employ them if they return home.
” The Nigerian Army will be willing to take in our returnee doctors into our hospitals if they wish to return home. We will collaborate with NIDCOM to achieve this because their presence will help improve our health sector,”he said
