By Okereke Udoakpuenyi and Kehinde Akinkumi, YeyeNews.com, September 9, 2021
Last month, it was all over the news that agents of Saudi government encamped in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, and held open sessions to recruit Nigerian doctors for work in Saudi hospitals.
Nigerian Bar Association has called on its members to be strategic to position themselves for a windfall that will come soon as there are indications that Saudi Arable are coming once again to recruit the bright and the brightest for its legal sector of the economy.
According to those interviewed by YeyeNews.com, it was an open shame to Nigeria as this was happening at the height of doctors’ strike. One doctor used the word “disgusting” as the Nigerian government through the ministry of labor and productivity did nothing to either end the strike or stop the Saudis.
Nigerians witnessed mass exodus of these doctors after the indefinite strike that began since August 2, 2021 by Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors. According to the union, the strike was expedient because of the undue hardship of their members on GIFMIS platform as they face delays in payment of their salaries ranging from three to seven months.
YeyeNews.com learned that Nigerian doctor have been moving and practicing in Saudi but that the rate has started increasing alarmingly since 2019. Coupled with COVID-19, Saudi had to camp in Nigeria to do official recruitment.
Many resident doctors in Federal hospitals make less than N150,000 per month. In Saudi Arabia, they can make about 10 times – salary ranged from $3,000 to $8,350.
YeyeNews.com learned that one of the executives of NBA has acquaintances who are practicing doctors in Saudi: five of his classmates and three friends who are doctors. Through these contacts this NBA executive learned that there is shortage of lawyers in Saudi Arabia and there are plans to have open call in Nigeria.
Saudi Arabia, it is claimed, are happy with the crop of Nigerian doctors in their country. These doctors are said to be dedicated, professional, and hardworking. Saudis would want lawyers in the same mode.
YeyeNews.com also learned through a contact (a medical doctor) in Saudi Arabia that hundreds of Nigerian lawyers have sent him messages asking for a way they could be incorporated into the Saudi legal system. He told them that Saudi’s legal system is based on Sharia. This is in tandem with what the NBA executive has been secretly telling members: learn Sharia law as that would be the pre-requisite for employment as a lawyer in Saudi.
YeyeNews.com was unable to confirm that a crash course on Sharia jurisprudence has been scheduled to hold in the six geo-political zones of the country and that the two-weeks crash course would cost N2 million to any lawyer who wants to attend.
One real estate lawyer who spoke with YeyeNews.com said it would be a good investment if everything would fall through. “If I see something bigger than the farm, I will sell the barn to get it.”
