To curb the trend of medical professionals leaving the country for greener pastures, the federal government has announced a N110 billion intervention fund for infrastructural development for key tertiary institutions across the country.
Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa disclosed this, while inaugurating the Ministerial Monitoring Committee on TETFund High Impact Intervention Project for Medical Schools Rehabilitation across the Six Geo-Political zones at the TETFund headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday.
Alausa said out of the Funds, N70 billion will be spent on rehabilitating all the medical schools to be at par with international standard, while N15 billion will go for building hostels for the medical students.
He said President Bola Tinubu has mandated key universities in the country to increase their admission quota for medical students, as a means of curbing brain drain in the medical profession.
According to Alausa, the idea behind the policy is to train more medical personnel both for local and international job opportunities.
The Minister said the intervention will be sustained over a period of five years, by the Federal Government.
