ThisDay· 1h ago· 1 min read
By Olusegun Adeniyi
(Text of my presentation as guest speaker at the induction ceremony for foreign-trained medical and dental graduates by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) in Abuja on Tuesday 28 July 2026)
Let me begin by congratulating every man and woman before me today who has earned the right to be inducted into the register of medical and dental practitioners in Nigeria. For me, this is a big deal. You trained far from home, in systems and cultures that are not your own. And you have returned to answer a call that many people your age is running away from. In a season when the standing conversation in every Nigerian household with a young doctor or dentist is about which direction the next flight out is headed, your presence here, seeking to be counted among practitioners licensed to serve Nigeria, deserves a national gratitude.
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