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Tinubu urges medical college to solve doctor ‘Japa’ syndrome

Tinubu urges medical college to solve doctor ‘Japa’ syndrome

President Bola Tinubu has charged the West African College of Physicians to find solutions to the migration of doctors from Nigeria and other West African countries. The college’s Assistant Secretary-General, Hasibu Galadanci, disclosed this on Saturday at a press conference in Abuja as the institution began its golden jubilee and annual general and scientific meeting.

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