Tinubu Urges Nigerian Diaspora Medical Professionals to Return Home

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to Nigerian medical professionals practising abroad to return home and contribute their expertise to the development of the country.

The President made the appeal on Friday at the State House in Abuja while receiving members of the Nigerian Diaspora Medical Associations led by the Director General of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri Erewa.

Tinubu urged the medical professionals to encourage their colleagues abroad to return to Nigeria, assuring them that his administration would continue to create an enabling environment for professionals to practise, thrive and contribute meaningfully to national development.

Drawing from his personal experience, the President said he understood the opportunities and challenges of living abroad, having studied and worked in the United States before returning to Nigeria.

“I have been through that journey. I am home, and I can tell you, there is nowhere like home,” Tinubu said, urging Nigerians in the diaspora to consider returning home and contributing to the country’s transformation.

He said his administration’s Renewed Hope agenda was focused on creating a better environment, improving education and driving national development and prosperity for the benefit of present and future generations.

“Try to attract them home. The best way to demonstrate to you is for me to commit myself to my agenda, the Renewed Hope, so that the hope of Nigerians of having a better environment, better education, better development and prosperity can be realised,” the President said.

Tinubu further described the contribution of Nigerian medical professionals in the diaspora as immeasurable, saying their return and expertise would help strengthen the country’s healthcare system and support Nigeria’s broader development efforts.