Nigerian Doctors Deserve Better Salaries – Wole Ojo

Nollywood actor Wole Ojo has expressed concern over the remuneration of medical doctors in Nigeria. He recently had his say via his social media page, and fans have been reacting.

Describing his discovery as disturbing, Wole revealed that he was shocked to find out that some Nigerian doctors earn as little as ₦350,000 and ₦500,000 per month.

The moviestar added that the figure becomes even more alarming when converted to foreign currency.

His words, “I try as much as possible to stay away from certain topics, but I found out something recently that shook me.

I found out that doctors in Nigeria, from one of the biggest hospitals on the Island, are being paid ₦400,000 a month. I have heard some do ₦500,000, some do less, some ₦350,000… for doctors.

₦400,000 at about ₦1,350 to $1 is about $300. Multiply it by 12 months, it’s about $3,600. Doctors in this country are on a payroll less than $4,000 a year. I am genuinely worried. I am afraid, scared, worried, sad and pained.

I don’t place any profession above any other but doctors are legit special people.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.