Nigeria has shortfall of 144,000 health workers --
A professor at the Department of Nursing Science, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Boluwaji Fajemilehin, has said going by the World Health Organisation's recommendation, Nigeria has a shortfall of 144,000 health workers.
Zamfara State Coordinator of the National Directorate of Employment, Alhaji Muhammad Alhassan, said based on a report by the National Bureau of Statistics, 23 million able bodied Nigerians are unemployed.