Internship, Unified Scheme of Service, Unilateral Conversion Approved for Nurses

Following several agitations from The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) to the Federal Government to approve the unified schemes of service for nurses and the implementation of internship for graduates of nursing sciences. This is to inform the general public that the scheme has been approved and full implementation will begin soon. The news filtered in from Minna in Niger state where the National Council on establishment meeting held some days ago.

Confirming the report through a communique tagged " A Victory For Nigerian Nurses" , the President of The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Comrade {Nurse} Abdrafiu Alani Adeniji, congratulated all nurses and also stated that "it is a thing of joy that the efforts of our heroes and forefathers of the nursing profession have not being in vain”. He further stated that all hands will be on deck to utilise all resources within their disposal to achieve its full implementation and the upliftment of the nursing profession to the profession where they can truly be at par with other front line professionals in the health industry and with other counterparts on the international scene.

Speaking with a correspondent of OAU Peeps News Agency on the development, a nursing student of Obafemi Awolowo University and also the Senate president of All Nigerian Universities Nursing Students Association(NUNSA), Senator Ogunjobi Yomi Ogyom said the development will bring professionalism to nursing practice and will further improve the quality of Nigerian nurses hence Nigerians will have access to nursing care practice as being experienced in the Western world. He further Congratulated all nursing students and thanked everyone who helped in bringing the nursing students dream to reality.