Nigeria clips nurses’ wings to prevent brain drain
NIGERIAN nurse Temitope Ogundare has laid out a fastidious, one-year plan to get himself a well-paid nursing gig in Britain. Saving half his monthly salary of 45,000 naira ($29) - hard-earned in a private clinic - he successfully financed the key English language test needed to bolster his credentials. Then nailed the required score to get to the next stage of his job hunt. But now the 25-year-old nurse says his plans are stuck in limbo due to strict, new rules brought in by the Nigeria Nursing and Midwifery Council to ensure home-grown talent stays home. Like many African, Caribbean and Asian…