President Bola Tinubu on Friday urged Nigerian medical doctors and other healthcare professionals in the diaspora to return home and lend their expertise to the ongoing transformation of the nation’s healthcare sector under the Renewed Hope Agenda.
President Tinubu stated this when he received a delegation of Nigerian Diaspora Medical Associations Worldwide led by the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, as part of the 2026 National Diaspora Day Celebration at the State House, Abuja.
R-L Chike Nweke, Publisher of Life and Times Magazine, Minister of State for Health, Dr Isiaq Adekunle Salako, Chairperson of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri Erewa, and President Bola Tinubu after receiving a souvenir during the visit of a delegation of Nigerian Diaspora Medical Association Worldwide in the State House. July 24, 2026
The event had in attendance the Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Malagi, Minister of State for Health, Iziaq Salako, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Health, Salma Anas, and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Women’s Health, Adanna Steinacker.
