 The Association of Resident Doctors nerd has raised concerns over the state of residency training program in Nigeria, advising on collaboration between the federal governments and relevant stakeholders to address the challenges. Newly elected president of the Association, Dr. Dele Olaiton, raised the concerns on behalf of the members during a press conference at the end of the 43rd annual general meeting and scientific conference in Elaring Bakwara State Capital. The Association during the press conference noted that further delay by the federal government in reviewing the residency training program and implementation of the recommendations of the special committee to address the challenges of brain drain will only worsen the situation on ground, posing serious threat to the future of medical practice in the country. Annual general meeting results as follows, calls on the federal government to collaborate with the advanced state coders to review and further strengthen the residency training program in Nigeria in line with the global press practices for better and improved outcomes. There is no structure that does not need improvement and we feel a review of this training will better position the healthcare sector in the best of light and help provide cover for our patients with improved healthcare delivery. Calls on the federal government to implement the recommendation of the special committee on brain drain to foster the worsening toll of this menace that poses a very serious threat to the future of medical practice in Nigeria. NERD also called on the federal government to expedite action on the process that will fast track the payment of the residency training allowance for about 20 members whose monies are yet to be paid since 2021 over administrative issues. Manpower deficit in most hospitals in Nigeria with its attendant effect including brain drain amongst other issues confronting the profession dominated the conversation at the 2023 annual scientific conference of the association. As of 2021 during the payment of the medical residency training fund the association noted that a lot of people were paid erroneously and they brought this to the attention of the federal government which is uttered the federal government stopping the process flagging the account of everybody that has been paid to recoup the money back and repair this fund. Unfortunately for some members that were paid rightly the accounts were not on flat. Hello hope you enjoyed the news please do subscribe to our youtube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.