Kedu ka ị ga-esi melite ọnọdụ ụlọ ọgwụ, ụgwọ na awa ọrụ iji kwụsị oke ọpụpụ nke ndị ọrụ ahụike?

On bringing our medical graduates home and improving hospital conditions, pay and working hours, I am determined to stop health worker migration by raising health sector pay structures, waiving tariffs on imported medical equipment, improving workplace safety, and funding medical research grants. I want to make Nigeria a place worth staying for our health workers. That means competitive and timely compensation for health workers at every level of government, proper hazard allowances, insurance, and workplace protections, especially for those on the frontlines. It means better staffing, equipment, and facility standards, and clear career progression pathways, including training, specialization, and leadership opportunities. I also intend to introduce targeted retention incentives for critical roles and underserved areas. For communities outside the major cities, regional specialist medical centers will be linked to rural areas through regional ambulance networks and integrated telemedicine services, so care is not out of reach.

On stopping the mass exodus of our health professionals, this is about reducing the push factors driving migration, restoring dignity, stability, and professional respect in the health sector. Beyond pay and conditions, I believe in allowing Nigerian healthcare professionals in the diaspora to provide remote services as licensed practitioners, so their expertise can still serve Nigeria even from abroad. I also want to digitize patient records to improve continuity of care and reduce inefficiencies across the health system. I have said that every doctor Nigeria loses to places like the UK, Canada, or Saudi Arabia is a failure of leadership, not a failure of patriotism. You cannot ask people to serve a nation that refuses to honour its own word, which is why government commitments on pay and allowances must be honoured, not abandoned.

Sources:
• Atiku Abubakar: Answers to questions from the public, 2026-10-02, page 6 (Introduction)
“Q37: Many communities lack ambulances, emergency services and access to specialist care. How will you improve emergency and specialist healthcare outside maj…”
• Post by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/2010259082632941578, 2026-01-11 (Post on X)
“I have been well briefed on how Nigerian students under the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) have been abandoned abroad. The BEA is a scholarship scheme t…”
• Post by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/2040820408509681791, 2026-04-05 (Post on X)
“The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors should not have to beg for what has already been agreed upon. The Federal Government signed a deal on the Profes…”
• Article by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/2105647953729769974, 2026-10-01 (Article on X)
“You say Nigerians must endure the pain because you are curing the disease. But when a patient cries out, a doctor listens. He does not call the patient “regr…”
• Party Manifesto 2027-2031, 2026-10-05, page 39 (MANIFESTO OF THE AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (ADC))
“Details: ● Enable healthcare centres to consult qualified professionals remotely through NTAP ● Allow Nigerian healthcare professionals in the diaspora to pr…”
• Post by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/1687771973458300928, 2023-08-05 (Post on X)
“The planned exit of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) from Nigeria after more than five decades of doing business in Nigeria underscores how horrific the environment has…”
• Post by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/1687777037652496384, 2023-08-05 (Post on X)
“The planned exit of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) from Nigeria after more than five decades of doing business in Nigeria underscores how horrific the environment has…”

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peeji 6 Introduction Atiku Abubakar: Answers to questions from the public 2026-10-02 ›

Answer: Public school infrastructure will be upgraded for disability access, provided with specialized learning tools (Braille, assistive devices), and staffed by trained special-education teachers. Q34: Many rural communities have no nearby hospital, while existing health centres lack doctors, medicines and equipment. How will you improve access to quality healthcare? Answer: My plan revitalizes at least one Primary Health Care (PHC) center per political ward, equipping them with essential medicines and solar power, backed by rural posting allowances for doctors and nurses. Q35: Healthcare and medicines are too expensive for many Nigerians. How will you make treatment and essential medicines affordable?

peeji 6 Introduction Atiku Abubakar: Answers to questions from the public 2026-10-02 ›

Answer: My administration will expand National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) coverage to informal sector workers and provide targeted fiscal subsidies to local pharmaceutical firms to lower medicine prices. Q36: Pregnant women in many communities travel long distances to give birth. What will you do to improve maternal healthcare and reduce preventable maternal and infant deaths? Answer: My policy provides free maternal and under-5 healthcare services, trains and deploys Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs), and establishes rural emergency transport systems.

peeji 6 Introduction Atiku Abubakar: Answers to questions from the public 2026-10-02 ›

Q37: Many communities lack ambulances, emergency services and access to specialist care. How will you improve emergency and specialist healthcare outside major cities? Answer: Regional specialist medical centers will be linked to rural communities via regional ambulance networks and integrated telemedicine services. Q38: Nigerian doctors and other health professionals continue to leave the country. How will you improve working conditionsand retain healthcare workers? Answer: To stop health worker migration, the plan raises health sector pay structures, waives tariffs on imported medical equipment, improves workplace safety, and funds medical research grants. Q39: Fuel is too expensive and is increasing the cost of almost everything. How exactly will your proposed policy for locally refined petrol reduce the pump price for ordinary Nigerians?

Post on X Post by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/2040820408509681791 2026-04-05 ›

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors should not have to beg for what has already been agreed upon. The Federal Government signed a deal on the Professional Allowance Table, and now it wants to abandon it. This is not governance; it is betrayal. Our resident doctors are the last line of defence in hospitals that are already collapsing. They work gruelling hours, in impossible conditions, for pay that insults their sacrifice. And now, the government seeks to take away the little that was promised? The Tinubu administration must demonstrate commitment to the issues: 19 months of unpaid Professional Allowance arrears; promotion arrears gathering dust; a Medical Residency Training Fund stuck in bureaucratic limbo; and a government that treats its doctors as an afterthought and remains unconcerned as they flee the country in droves. Every doctor Nigeria loses to the UK, Canada, or Saudi Arabia is a failure of leadership, not a failure of patriotism. You cannot ask people to serve a nation that refuses to honour its own word.

Thread on X Thread by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/2050126729478304027 2026-05-01 ›

A Message to Nigerian Workers. On this Workers' Day, I want to speak directly to the men and women who wake up every morning and go to work in spite of everything: the civil servants who have not received their full entitlements, the traders whose goods no one can afford to buy, the factory workers whose employers are closing shop, the teachers and medical personnel holding together systems that government is failing to adequately fund. You are not invisible. Your suffering is not a statistic. It is real, it is documented, and it is a direct consequence of a trial-and-error policy choices made by those entrusted with the responsibility to serve you. Nigeria's working people did not cause this crisis. They did not vote for impoverishment. They voted for hope, and that hope was taken from them. They deserve leadership that spends the nation's resources on their welfare, not on opaque mega-projects that serve the well-connected. They deserve a government that measures its success by their living standards, not by the size of its spending, the growth of its debt, or the breadth of its patronage networks. Nigeria can and must do better. The resources exist. The talent exists. What is lacking is the will to govern for all Nigerians rather than for the few.

Article on X Article by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/2094810791937446399 2026-09-01 ›

TINUBU, THE ISSUE IS NOT ATIKU. THE ISSUE IS THAT NIGERIANS CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE Only last night, President Bola Tinubu devoted a substantial part of his latest statement, released on X, attacking the economic position of His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, yet declined, rather theatrically, to mention him by name, claiming that he would not “dignify” opposition leaders. Bola, Nigerians know exactly whose policy you were attacking. You were responding to Atiku Abubakar because he has chosen to stand with millions of Nigerians being crushed by the cost-of-living crisis. He has insisted that in an oil-producing country, petrol should not become a luxury product and that the ultimate test of economic policy is whether ordinary Nigerians can afford transportation, food, education, healthcare and a decent life. Since you would rather attack his ideas without mentioning his name, His Excellency sees no reason to be dragged into a personal exchange with you. I will answer you.

Post on X Post by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/2100337732874875240 2026-09-16 ›

Today, I was delighted to receive former First Lady, H.E. Aisha Buhari. Her visit was warm and deeply appreciated. Beyond the courtesies of the occasion, it was also a reminder of the urgent responsibility before all who seek a better Nigeria: to put the welfare, dignity and future of our people first. Across our country, families are being stretched by the rising cost of food, transport, education, healthcare and other basic necessities. Nigerians deserve an economy that rewards hard work, restores opportunity and allows every family to live with dignity and hope. That is the Nigeria we must build together, a country that works for its people again. We must ease the burden, restore hope and Make Nigeria Affordable Again. -AA

peeji 38 MANIFESTO OF THE AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (ADC) Party Manifesto 2027-2031 2026-10-05 ›

The ADC will: 1. Prioritize preventive healthcare. Establish a National Health Education and Prevention Programme (NHEPP) to promote healthier lifestyles, reduce the burden of preventable diseases, and lower long-term healthcare costs. Details: ● Launch nationwide public health campaigns on nutrition, hygiene, vaccination, and lifestyle-related diseases ● Integrate preventive health education into schools and community programmes ● Expand routine screening and early detection services across primary healthcare centres ● Partner with communities and local governments to promote grassroots health awareness and behaviour change 2. Establish a National Health Security and Protection Programme under the Social Protection Act. The programme will combine health insurance with personal medical savings, ensuring unused savings roll over and grow over time, encouraging preventive care and long-term planning. Government will provide direct contributions or subsidies for vulnerable citizens, ensuring equitable access.

peeji 39 MANIFESTO OF THE AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (ADC) Party Manifesto 2027-2031 2026-10-05 ›

Details: ● Enable healthcare centres to consult qualified professionals remotely through NTAP ● Allow Nigerian healthcare professionals in the diaspora to provide remote services as licensed practitioners under the programme ● Digitize patient records to improve continuity of care and reduce inefficiencies across the health system 4. Retain and value health workers by making Nigeria a place worth staying. Stop the loss of skilled professionals by ensuring health workers are paid fairly, protected on the job, and supported to build meaningful careers at home. Details: ● Implement competitive and timely compensation for health workers across all levels of government ● Provide proper hazard allowances, insurance, and workplace protections, especially for frontline staff ● Improve working conditions through better staffing, equipment, and facility standards ● Create clear career progression pathways, including training, specialization, and leadership opportunities ● Introduce targeted retention incentives for critical roles and underserved areas ● Reduce push factors driving migration by restoring dignity, stability, and professional respect in the health sector

peeji 1 CANDIDATE-APPROVED ANSWER Candidate-approved answer 2026-10-10 ›

Sources: • Post by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/1934661716572315717, 2025-06-16 (Post on X) "Our efforts at forging a robust opposition coalition in response to the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians to reclaim and rebuild their country today got…" • Article by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/2087552029358956958, 2026-08-12 (Article on X) "Nigeria cannot continue asking competent young people to wait outside the room while their future is being decided inside it. MY COVENANT WITH YOU Our partne…" • Article by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/2083634560516903378, 2026-08-01 (Article on X) "Go back to your markets. Become ambassadors of hope. Become educators. Become organisers. Become guardians of democracy.

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