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From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
The Registrar, of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), Dr. Faruq Abubakar, said it decided to increase the quota of nursing students in the qualified institutions because of the shortage of nurses in Nigeria.
He disclosed this during the combined 5th and 6th induction of Registered Nurses of Osun State University, Osogbo, on Thursday, saying the government will make sure that there is an adequate number of nursing professionals at all levels of healthcare.
Represented by Olaniyi Filade, Abubakar said, “There’s no doubt that we have a huge shortage of nurses globally. Nigeria is not an exception and effort is being made by the government to ensure that there’s an adequate number of nursing professionals at all levels of healthcare in Nigeria, that’s one of the reasons why the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria is ensuring that all the schools are being regulated and closely monitored and the ones who merit with the required facilities and human resources and their quota are being reviewed.
“Like in the case of Osun State University, you can even hear it mentioned by the Vice Chancellor that over the years, they started with 50 and now their quota has been increased to 150 and that tells you that the government is making efforts to ensure that we have adequate nursing professionals at all levels of care from primary to secondary even at the tertiary level.
“My advice to them is that they should ensure that they are resilient in supporting the vision of this country to ensure that there is growth and their impact is felt at the grassroots especially the people receiving the care to ensure that promotion of health, restoration of health, alleviation of suffering are part of their keywords, key mandate and they should make sure that that is being achieved.
“Yours is to make sure that irrespective of their status even gender, you care for them as is expected of you as a professional, that is what is expected of every nurse and that is what their training and even ethics of their profession have stated,” Abubakar said.
The Vice-Chancellor of Uniosun, Prof Clement Adebooye, boasted that the university’s Department of Nursing Science has continually distinguished itself over the past four academic sessions by setting the standards for nursing and midwifery education in Nigeria.
He said, “I am proud to confirm to this assembly that UNIOSUN provides the best education in all ramifications to its students. Our poise to produce globally competitive graduates guides us in our recruitment of staff, as well as the provision of enabling infrastructure and environment that is generational-year to teaching and learning.
“There is no doubt that this is reflected in our graduate outputs and their records of professional performances outside the University. It may interest you all to note, that for the past four years, our final-year Nursing students have consistently excelled in their final professional examinations.
“For the pioneer set, we recorded 100% success rate; 97.5% in the second set; 100% for the third set. This year, we proudly present one hundred and eight (108) Nurses and Midwives for induction following yet another exceptional 100% pass rate in the March 2024 professional examinations,” Adebooye said.
