Dr Tee

[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

@NigeriaStories #MDCNReviewTheFee

[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

@MDCNOfficial please have mercy on us and review this fee

[Instablog9ja @instablog9ja]

MDCN Increases Registration Fee for Foreign-Trained Medical Graduates From ₦265,000 to ₦415,000 Without Giving Reason

Foreign-trained Nigerian medical graduates have raised concerns after the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) unexpectedly increased its registration fee for newly qualified doctors without giving any reason.

The affected graduates, who recently passed the MDCN’s June qualifying examination and are preparing for their induction, said they initially received an email on July 10 directing them to pay ₦265,000 for registration and induction.

One of the graduates, Betty Joan (name withheld), who studied medicine in Russia, said many candidates had already begun making financial plans based on the stated amount.

“We had already started planning around that amount,” Joan said.

However, the following day, the council sent another email instructing candidates to disregard the earlier notice and instead pay ₦415,000, representing a ₦150,000 increase.

“Then all of a sudden they changed the mail yesterday and said we should pay ₦415,000 for the fees now. They just told us to ignore the first mail,” she said.

Joan described the development as unfair, saying the abrupt increase came without any explanation after candidates had already made financial arrangements “It isn’t fair,” she added.

According to report when contacted, an official at the MDCN Registrar’s Office declined to comment over the phone, saying:

“This cannot be discussed over the phone. You can send an email to us or submit a document to that effect at the council’s headquarters.”

An enquiry sent to the council by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) had not received a response as of the time the report was published.

[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

@Dr_Afo @MDCNOfficial @MDCNOfficial please review this fee, the increment is outrageous.. where do you expect people to find that kind of money after already spending so much money on verifying certificates and sitting for the exam
#MDCNReviewTheFee

[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

@aproko_doctor Nigeria needs doctors. Policies should encourage qualified doctors to enter the workforce!!
@KadunaMOH, @GovKaduna, @WHONigeria, @NGRSenate, @NGRPresident,@Fmohnigeria @MDCNOfficial
PLEASE REDUCE THE INDUCTION FEE.
#MDCNReviewTheFee

[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

@KadunaMOH
@GovKaduna
@WHONigeria
@NGRSenate
@MDCNOfficial

Don't forget your use the hashtag #MDCNReviewTheFee

[Aproko Doctor Global @aproko_doctor]

Nigeria keeps saying it doesn’t have enough doctors.

We have only about 50,000 doctors serving over 200 million people. That's 1 Doctor to over 4,000 patients.

You'd expect every doctor willing to serve to be encouraged.

Instead, one is detained after carrying out a menstrual hygiene outreach in Kaduna State.

Another 238 young doctors who returned home to practise wake up to an unexplained increase in their induction fees from ₦265,000 to over ₦415,000.

We cannot keep discouraging the very people we desperately need.

I respectfully appeal to the @KadunaMOH, @GovKaduna, @WHONigeria, @NGRSenate, @NGRPresident, and @Fmohnigeria to ensure Dr Al-Amin regains his freedom, and to the @MDCNOfficial to review this new fee.

[Aproko Doctor Global @aproko_doctor]

Nigeria keeps saying it doesn’t have enough doctors.

We have only about 50,000 doctors serving over 200 million people. That's 1 Doctor to over 4,000 patients.

You'd expect every doctor willing to serve to be encouraged.

Instead, one is detained after carrying out a menstrual hygiene outreach in Kaduna State.

Another 238 young doctors who returned home to practise wake up to an unexplained increase in their induction fees from ₦265,000 to over ₦415,000.

We cannot keep discouraging the very people we desperately need.

I respectfully appeal to the @KadunaMOH, @GovKaduna, @WHONigeria, @NGRSenate, @NGRPresident, and @Fmohnigeria to ensure Dr Al-Amin regains his freedom, and to the @MDCNOfficial to review this new fee.

[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

@aproko_doctor @MDCNOfficial please review the fee, 415k is a lot of money

[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

@mohagirei Kindly fight for about to be inducted foreign trained doctors too... 415k is an absurd amount of money to pay considering how much time, money and effort we've put into being able to practice in Nigeria

[JusticeCrack @Justice_Crack]

After we successfully called on the Federal Government and the Federal Ministry of Education to reconsider the increase in WAEC and NECO examination fees, another concerning issue has emerged.

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has introduced a sudden increase in the registration fee for foreign-trained medical graduates.

Foreign-trained doctors in Nigeria are now facing an unexpected financial burden just weeks before their induction.

On Friday, the MDCN informed successful foreign-trained medical graduates via email that the registration fee would be ₦250,000, plus ₦15,000 for insurance, bringing the total to ₦265,000.

However, on the 13th, another email was sent asking recipients to disregard the previous one. The registration fee had been increased to ₦400,000, with ₦15,000 for insurance, making the new total ₦415,000—a ₦150,000 increase announced less than two weeks before induction.

This is the reality currently facing foreign-trained medical graduates in Nigeria.

Where does the MDCN expect these 238 newly qualified doctors to find ₦415,000 within such a short period just to obtain their practising licences?

I am calling on the Federal Ministry of Health, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), and the Federal Government of Nigeria to urgently reconsider this decision.

This policy will not strengthen Nigeria’s healthcare system. Nigeria is already experiencing a severe shortage of medical doctors, with fewer than 55,000 doctors serving a population of over 220 million people.

The government should consider subsidising this registration fee instead of placing an additional financial burden on young doctors who are ready to serve the nation.

@Fmohnigeria
@MDCNOfficial
@NigeriaGov

[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

@Justice_Crack Please review the fee
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[oseni rufai @ruffydfire]

Ok

[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

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[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

@ruffydfire @MDCNOfficial review the fee

[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

WE NEED JUSTICE!!!
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[Nigerian Doctor @Nigerian_Doctor]

Ministers of Health @Fmohnigeria:
@muhammadpate @SalakoIziaq

Is it true that,
Foreign trained Doctors,
who are returning home,
to serve their country,
Have to pay N415,000 to MDCN,
As induction fee?

If so: LUDICROUS.

@MDCNOfficial
@FatimaKyari
@NGRSenate
@SPNigeria
@NigeriaGov

[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

@Nigerian_Doctor Mdcn ooo... They audaciously want us to pay 415k for induction

[Dr Tee @COdunaro]

#MDCNReviewTheFee
@MDCNOfficial please review the fees

[They call me Afo @Dr_Afo]

Good morning APC b*stards.

Recently MDCN increased fees from foreign medical graduates from around 250k to 400k.

My cousin recently missed out on studying nursing because now the cheapest college of nursing starts around 700k and university is over 1 million. Her father is a civil servant and cannot afford it.

Since pharaoh got to office, my senior colleague where I work now pay 3x more tax with barely any increase in their net salary.

You cannot travel long distance without praying against kidnapping.

The grid doesn't offer up to 3 hours of electricity everyday, yet we are all paying band A prices these days.

My car alternator spoiled yesterday and I realized it's now 95k. I bought the last one 2 years ago 35k.

So tell me exactly, the benefit of supporting Tinubu?