Human capital flight also known as brain drain revolves around the loss of skilled workers, either talented or educated, of a country through migration. It is the migration of highly skilled and competent workers in order to seek better opportunities abroad. It encompasses seeking greener pastures, accessing feasible opportunities, having job security, looking for a higher standard of living, just to mention a few.

The departure of academic, technological, and medical individuals, such as; doctors, lawyers, engineers, lecturers, scientists, and others, often makes the country stranded by having few people that have the know-how to make consequential differences. Consequently, the work becomes burdensome and tiresome for the few skilled workers available.

The exodus of Nigerian professionals has left much to be desired. A lot of sectors in the country experience a short supply of a competent labour force. For instance, Nigeria has produced more than 80,000 doctors, but only 30,000 doctors are in the country at present. The World Health Organization (WHO) mandated one doctor to 1000 patients ratio, but Nigeria has one doctor to 5,000 patients ratio. 233 doctors moved to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015, 279 in 2016, 475 in 2017, 852 in 2018, 1347 in 2019, 833 in 2020 and 932 in 2021. To aggravate the phenomenon, it was widely reported that 9 out of 10 doctors, who have less than five years experience, plan to leave the country to seek a higher standard of living.







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