Obi Says Enabling Environment Will Bring Diaspora Doctors Home

The presidential candidate of the national democratic party (NDC), Peter Obi has called on African countries to create an enabling environment that encourages skilled healthcare professionals in the diaspora to return home and contribute to strengthening the continent's health sector. 

Drawing a comparison with India, Obi said the country's diaspora physicians and medical experts played a key role in building a healthcare system that has made India one of the world's leading destinations for medical tourism. 

Peter Obi made this disclosure via his social media handle on Sunday 

Peter Obi statement reads: "China has less than 10% of the figure living in extreme poverty in Africa.

"India also demonstrates what is possible. Its diaspora physicians and medical professionals played a significant role in developing a healthcare system that has made India one of the world’s leading destinations for medical tourism. Africa has countless brilliant doctors and healthcare professionals across the diaspora who possess the knowledge and experience to help achieve similar progress. What remains essential is the creation of an enabling environment that will attract them home.

"To that end, I called on Diaspora Africans to remain actively engaged in shaping the democratic future of our continent. Their voices matter in advancing free, fair and credible elections across Africa. Elections conducted with integrity are the foundation of legitimate governance. They create the pathway to competent leadership capable of delivering the policies, institutions and opportunities our people deserve.

"When we create the enabling environment necessary for sustainable development, we start unlocking Africa's potential.

"Let us therefore work together, those at home and those abroad, to build a continent defined not by its challenges, but by its achievements, its unity, peace and its shared prosperity. A NEW Nigeria is POssible. -PO