Medical tourism is a major source of capital flight from Nigeria. Many citizens have no confidence in medical facilities at home. Nigerians spent $1 billion on mostly unnecessary foreign medical trips in 2013, according to Osahon Enabulele, a former president of Nigerian Medical Association.
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CHUKS OLUIGBO
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