The Federal Authorities on Tuesday, promised to handle the considerations of members of the Nationwide Affiliation of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives within the nation.
The Particular Adviser to the President on Well being Issues, Salma Anas-Ibrahim, stated this at a press briefing in Abuja whereas talking on the state of healthcare, maternal and youngster well being within the nation.
Nurses, below the aegis of NANNM on Monday, protested on the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria’s places of work in Abuja and Lagos to specific their displeasure over what they described as an try and hinder their freedom to pursue profession alternatives, asking the council to handle nurses’ welfare, wage scale, scarcity of employees, and different rights.
NMCN, in its revised tips, acknowledged that candidates looking for verification of certificates from overseas nursing boards and councils should possess two years of post-qualification expertise from the date of issuance of the everlasting practising license.
Anas-Ibrahim, nonetheless, stated the federal government will handle the considerations of the nurses and midwives within the nation.
She stated, “Nurses are the faces of the well being services, as a result of while you enter a healthcare facility, it’s the nurse or midwife that does a lot for you, and so they spend extra time with our sufferers than some other individual.
“So, they’re essential to us and really important by way of nursing care and the supply of well being care, even when there are not any docs. We do recognise their contributions to healthcare improvement in Nigeria.
“Tinubu is dedicated to bettering the working setting and welfare of healthcare employees within the nation.
“Loads of points are coming in from completely different disciplines of the hospitals, not solely within the nursing occupation however throughout the board.
“We’re dedicated on this administration and it’s a part of the priorities below the human sources points. One space we wish to handle in creating an enabling setting is to additionally handle the problem of rivalry.
“We’re working assiduously to handle all of the battle points and all of the areas that may inspire our nurses and midwives, and all different well being employees on the identical time.
“We’re on high of the sport and we’re going to resolve all the problems and make sure that we retain the nurses and midwives.”