Reduce Japa Syndrome Among Health Workers, Oyinlola Tells FG

Former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola has charged the federal government to pay more attention to the remuneration of health practitioners and rebuilding of the sector to stem the ‘Japa syndrome’ bedeviling healthcare delivery in the country.

Oyinola who stated this yesterday while unveiling the Alolade Oyinlola College of Health Science and Information Technology, Okuku, Osun State, said the health sector is facing deficiency in terms of attention.

Oyinlola who is the proprietor of the new health institution called for better remuneration for practitioners to encourage them to stay back in the country and serve their fatherland.

Dwelling on the unveiled institution, Oyinlola disclosed that all the takeoff courses of the institution including Environmental Health Technology, Health Information Technician, Medical Laboratory Technician, Community Health Extension Workers, Health Care Technician, Junior Community Health Extension Workers (JCHEW), Health Care Assistant, among others, have been accredited.

According to him, while all the courses have the approval of all appropriate professional bodies, top professionals in various fields of health sciences home and abroad, have been carefully selected to train and assist students to become globally recognised professionals and help them attain their career goals.

Oyinlola who named the institution after his late mother, Olori Alolade Oyinlola said his desire to give back to his community and his belief in education as a legacy and property he could leave for any child informed his decision to establish the school.

A former NUC executive secretary, Prof Peter Okebukola and the immediate past vice chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede, who declared themselves visiting lecturers to the institution pledged their support for the college.

Okebukola called for reorientation that would place value on productivity rather than certificates adding that as ad-hoc staff of the institution, they would mobilise choices in academics to boost the quality of graduates from the institution.