The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives said it has no plan to embark on a strike over the new guidelines on certificate verification issued by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.
According to The PUNCH, the President of NANNM, Michael Nnachi, said the association has intervened on the matter, and there is no plan for a strike.
Nnachi said, “Nobody is talking about a strike. What we said is that we have intervened as a professional association, and we have intervened in the issue.
“When the information came out, our attention was drawn to it, and what we did was to intervene so that we all critically look at it, and take a position that will not adversely affect nurses and midwives in Nigeria.
“We have met with the council, and the circular is being looked at again.”
NMCN, in its revised guidelines, stated that applicants seeking verification of certificates from foreign nursing boards and councils must possess two years of post-qualification experience from the date of issuance of the permanent practising license.
Earlier, nurses and midwives in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, and Bayelsa, among others staged protests to express their displeasure over what they described as an attempt to hinder their freedom to pursue career opportunities, asking the council to address nurses’ welfare, salary scale, shortage of staff, and other rights.
