The Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, Faruk Abubakar, has mentioned that over 15,000 nurses and midwives left the nation in 2023 to hunt greener pastures.
Abubakar mentioned this whereas talking on the controversy surrounding the certification verification of nurses on Tuesday version of Channels Tv's Morning Transient.
The nurses staged protests on the places of work of the NMCN in Abuja and Lagos respectively to precise their displeasure over what they described as an try to hamper their freedom to pursue profession alternatives, asking the council to make sure the welfare of nurses, the wage scale, addressing employees shortages, and different rights.
NMCN in its revised pointers said that candidates looking for verification of certificates from international nursing boards and councils should have two years of post-qualification expertise from the date of issuance of the everlasting training license.
In the meantime, Abubakar mentioned the variety of nurses leaving the nation is growing yearly.
He mentioned: “42,000 nurses have left the nation within the final three years. Final 12 months alone there have been greater than 15,000, and the quantity is growing 12 months after 12 months.”
When requested what the council is doing to guard and enhance the well-being of nurses, the Federal Ministry of Well being is working to enhance working circumstances, allowances and salaries of nurses.
“The FMoH and the Honorable Minister of State (for Well being) are working onerous to make sure a really conducive working atmosphere, with the availability of state-of-the-art gear and devices, which can assist them ship high quality healthcare to Nigerians.
“And I need to guarantee you that inside a couple of months, a lot has been built-in and foreseen in 2024 that may enhance the well-being of the nurses we’re speaking about. After I discuss in regards to the wage they're speaking about, I feel it's a common phenomenon, and I imagine it's a common factor.
“A lot progress is being made in wage evaluation and nurses are additionally being concerned in that coverage. I feel it’s a common phenomenon, all different sectors are additionally complaining, and the federal government is doing lots,” he mentioned.
He added that the council will not be accountable for the remuneration of nurses within the nation.
“Our duty is to make sure that nurses are regulated for higher training and observe for Nigerians. These in cost do their greatest to make sure welfare is met.
“As well as, the NANNM, the umbrella physique (of nurses and midwives), does lots. I do know there was a number of dialogue with the Honorable Minister a couple of weeks in the past, all of which involved their welfare. The affiliation accountable for that is doing its greatest to make sure that prosperity improves drastically,” he mentioned.
