Its important to us in Africa to focus attention not only on those things which have come from outside, but on those that have evolved from within ou… - Arinola Olasumbo Sanya

Physiotherapy started as an area of need after the Second World War.The British government sent about two physiotherapists from the UK to Nigeria to treat World War victims. And what they did was to gather few people who had school certificate and train them. Those trained were called physiotherapy technicians; they were trained at Igbobi Hospital. For a long time, these were the ones rendering services. But then, some Nigerians went to the UK to obtain the same qualification the Europeans had. The first ones that got there qualified in 1953 and came back to University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. We can say that was when we started properly.

As the Americans acknowledged, it is cheaper to recruit than to train physiotherapists, because the cost of training is very high.Our training is dependent on very expensive equipment.

If you keep upgrading some professionals and you let others shout before they get what they want, those who are not interested in shouting will look elsewhere.