Association: 200 pharmacists relocate abroad in one year

National Chairman, Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN), Mr. Olabode Ogunjemiyo, has disclosed that about 200 of its members left the country in search of better practice environment abroad in the last one year.

Ogunjemiyo said this at a news conference during its 23rd Annual National Scientific Conference with the theme entitled: “COVID-19 Experience: Expanding the Role of Health System Pharmacists” in Lafia.

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He said that those who have left the country did so because of poor practice environment, insecurity, poor condition of services.

“I remember a colleague of mine who was traveling from Owo, in Ondo State where we practise, to Benin in Edo State.

“He was kidnapped along the way. As soon as he was released, he immediately left the country with his family.

“So those are the major reasons.

“So within the last one year, we have lost about 200 pharmacists to brain drain. Most of them have gone to Canada and other developed countries,” he said.

Ogunjemiyo said that the situation as at now was that the pharmacists were more at the top level and few at lower level because once they came in and saw better opportunity abroad, they just took off.

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