Nigeria, May 1 -- As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark Workers' Day, the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on all levels of government to urgently address long-standing demands of medical professionals or risk worsening the ongoing brain drain in the country.

The association also proposed solutions to curb the rising migration of healthcare workers abroad, popularly known as the 'Japa' syndrome.

In a statement by the Chairperson of the Lagos NMA chapter, Babajide Saheed, the association stressed that no health policy would succeed without first addressing the mass exodus of healthcare workers.

"Any policy of government which doesn't first resolve the issue of Japa syndrome is a waste of ...