•Tinubu jets out The Tinubu-led federal government has come under intense criticism as foreign exchange outflow for health-related travel by Nigerians surged to $549.29m in the first nine months of 2025, a 17.96 per cent increase from $465.67m in the same period of 2024. Analysts and health experts slammed the government for failing to curb [&...
The coordinator of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Ondo State, Dr. Habibu Yahaya, has disclosed that Nigeria loses about $1.2 billion to medical tourism annually due to what he described as the fragility of the country’s health system. Yahaya disclosed this as the keynote speaker during the 4th Annual Public Health Grand Round held [&he...
•House of Reps Deputy Speaker Kalu Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has revealed that Nigeria loses approximately $1.1 billion annually to outbound medical tourism. Kalu made the disclosure today while hosting Dr. Phillip Ozuah, President and CEO of Montefiore Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in A...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has turned down a request by Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, to ban public officers from seeking medical treatment abroad. “It will be an infringement or breach on the fundamental right of Nigerians be they public officers or not to prevent them from seeking medical attention outside […]
•Medical tourism Nigerians spent about $2.38m on foreign healthcare-related services from January to June 2024, findings have shown. This is according to a report from the Central Bank of Nigeria on the amount spent on health-related and social services under the sectoral utilisation of foreign exchange, reports The PUNCH. A breakdown of the r...
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