Saudi Arabian authorities recently conducted a recruitment exercise for Nigerian doctors who desire to work in their country.
The recruitment test took place in Abuja, as eligible Nigerian medical practitioners stormed the recruitment center in search of better job opportunities outside Nigeria.
The job offer was for consultants and specialists in every medical field, excluding psychiatrists. Those that came for the test paid N10, 000 for the application forms.
One of the doctors who came for the test said she was surprised to meet her lecturer, a qualified Pediatrician at the recruitment exercise which took place at a time resident doctors in Nigeria are on strike, demanding improved working conditions.
She said: ”I left medical school in April 2011. My teacher is here. My own teacher. The first person I sighted here was my teacher, a seasoned paediatric consultant. You know what it means? My teacher taught me how many years ago. I am giving up on the country and poor leaders and I come here to meet my teacher. This is the worse. I never knew it has gone this bad.”
Watch a video of doctors expressing their frustration at the recruitment center below:
