The Nationwide Administrative Council, NAC, of College Graduates of Nursing Science Affiliation, UGONSA, generally often called Graduate Nurses Affiliation of Nigeria, GNAN, has restated its dedication in the direction of a stability within the well being sector.
DAILY POST remembers that the nurses are earlier than a Federal Excessive Court docket sitting in Enugu, looking for a judicial interpretation of the round issued by the Registrar/Secretary Common of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, NMCN, Dr. Faruk Umar Abubakar on the revised pointers for verification of certificates.
Controversial round: Nigerian nurses drag NMCN, Registrar to court docket
However in a letter of clarification despatched to the Nationwide President, Nationwide Affiliation of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Michael Nnachi Ekuma, UGONSA stated it had no intention to have interaction or assist any motion by any organisation, group or person who was able to forestalling the progress, or, inflicting disharmony within the nursing career or her members in Nigeria.
Within the letter signed by its Nationwide President, Nurse Ojo Opeyemi and the Nationwide Secretary, Nurse Philip O. Eteng, they recalled that following the discharge of the stated round, “there was a common palpable outcry from virtually all Nigerian Nurses and Midwives each in Nigeria and in diaspora, rejecting and condemning the content material of the round deemed as ‘restrictive and arbitrary’.
“Nurses and all of the notable nursing associations had been unanimous in calling for the nullification of the round and reverting to the established order ante. Whereas some referred to as for full nullification of the rules, different teams took to the road to show their complete condemnation and rejection of the round.”
The Affiliation stated it shortly referred to as the eye of the Registrar of the NMCN by a letter, Ref. No. UG/NAT/24/NMCN/LVGP/01, dated ninth February, 2024, interesting to the Council for reconsideration of the brand new nursing registration verification coverage, stating the implications of the rules to Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, and the Nursing Occupation at giant.
“Sir, to show the extent at which the NMCN’s Registrar handled UGONSA with ignominy and disdain, it might curiosity you to know that the Council has until today refused to acknowledge the receipt of our enchantment letter or reply to it.
“Given the promptness of the round’s efficient date of implementation, the affiliation being a law-abiding group, was left with no alternative than to hunt authorized redress by approaching the Court docket. Particularly, it prayed the court docket to compel the NMCN to droop the implementation of the round pending when the contending points within the round are internally addressed.
“Sir, the query that begged for a solution is, by stipulating such pointers/necessities by the Council, was the Council really appearing in the very best curiosity of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives and of the Occupation, or had been they below ‘exterior stress’ to behave?
“By approaching the court docket, UGONSA acted throughout the bounds of the regulation to guard the basic human rights of her members that the Council was about to infringe upon by her round.
“Due to this fact, reasonably than come below assault or condemnation, UGONSA deserved nice accolades from the NMCN for saving it from itself and bailing it out of the ostensible perceived exterior stress.
“UGONSA equally deserve an accolade from NANNM for saving NANNM’s face because it was apparent that NANNM, a crucial stakeholder, was equally humiliated by the council Registrar by being stored at nighttime and releasing such a crucial round with out NANNM’s information and inputs.”
They declared that the affiliation couldn’t fold its palms and watch “this perceived exterior stress or actors who’re bent at stagnating the way forward for Nigerian nurse” within the identify of curbing mind drain, or, being enslaved within the identify of acquiring a letter of ‘Good Standing from their CEOs’, and the faculties they graduated from.
“These new measures are unnecessary bottle neck to nurses that the council itself had beforehand licensed and inducted into the career after being discovered worthy in studying and in character”.
They additional acknowledged that the huge outcry, protest and large condemnation of the round “by each Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, these in diaspora, and even the Nationwide Meeting (the Home of Representatives), is a transparent sign that the round was ill-conceived, provocative, retrogressive with malicious intent.
“Kindly word that the Council has suspended your complete verification train, as an alternative of reverting to the established order ante, towards the progress of Nigeria nurses.
“We, subsequently, implore you to advise the Council to seek the advice of broadly by participating all stakeholders, and if attainable name for an in-house listening to on the matter, to articulate the considerations of Nigerian Nurses, and are available out with acceptable pointers for certificates(s) verification devoid of any retrogressive content material.
“After such a consensus has been reached amicably, UGONSA shall strategy the Court docket to withdraw the case for in-house settlement.”
