“No doctor is trained on N500,000,’ NARD refutes Oyemade’s claim on medical education cost

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has faulted the recent remarks by the senior pastor the founder of The Covenant Nation, Pastor Poju Oyemade, that Nigerian doctors spend ₦500,000 throughout their education.

In the sermon, which is now trending on social media, Oyemade said while speaking with some Nigerian doctors who work at Johns Hopkins in America, he expressed how ungrateful Nigerians are despite spending less to be trained in the profession.

Comparing them with their US counterparts, Oyemade said, “In Nigeria, a person will graduate as a medical doctor and spend N500,000 throughout to become a doctor. In America, you graduate from Johns Hopkins, you graduate from Harvard as a doctor, and you spend $2,000. Are you okay? Do you know how much mo...
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