The Federal Government has said efforts are ongoing to discourage the migration of health workers out of the country.

According to a statement by the Director of Information, Ministry of Health, Brendan Nwokike, the Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, disclosed this in Akure, Ondo State, during the inauguration of the annex of the Federal Medical Centre.

The statement was titled, ‘Federal Government to motivate doctors, other health workers to make migration unattractive.’

The statement quoted Mamora as further saying that the Federal Government had plans to fund hospitals across the country, as well as motivate doctors and other health workers.

The step, the minister explained, was to make migration unattractive and discourage medical tourism.

The minister said, “This is an issue of concern for all of us and we are already looking at the factors that are responsible.