Out of the 6,000 medical doctors the country produces yearly, about 2,000 of them are unable to access placement for housemanship, according to the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). The Registrar of the Council, Fatimah Kyari, while speaking on the issue on Friday, blamed it on the “Centralised Housemanship System” operational in the country, which can accommodate only 4,000 as against the 6,000 medical graduates produced annually. The registrar called for the inclusion of both state and privately-owned hospitals in the training system in a bid to accommodate all the 6,000 medical graduates. She said, “A total of about 6,000 medical doctors are produced annually from the various medical schools while the Centralised Housemanship System in operation has capacity for 4, 000 medical doctors . For instance, she told the committee that though N1.2billion capital vote was appropriated as capital in 2025, nothing was released to the MDCN.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 06, 2026 20:06 UTC