NARD Responds to Pastor Poju Oyemade's Claim on Doctors' Training Costs

NARD Responds to Pastor Poju Oyemade's Claim on Doctors' Training Costs

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a strong response to recent remarks by Pastor Poju Oyemade, challenging his claim that doctors in Nigeria are trained for just N500,000 throughout their program.

In a public statement directly addressing Oyemade, NARD refuted the cleric’s assertion, clarifying the actual costs involved in medical education in Nigeria. 

The association referenced a peer-reviewed study by Osoba et al. (2021), published in the Pan African Medical Journal, which indicates that the cost of training a doctor in Nigeria ranges from $21,000 to $51,000. 

This figure includes tuition fees, living expenses, and other associated costs.