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WHO warns of mass nurse emigration from Africa

By Emmanuel Chisom 10/05/2025 0

ABUJA (SUNDIATA POST)- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised an alarm as 42 per cent of nurses in Africa reported intentions to emigrate, posing a significant threat to the region’s already strained healthcare workforce. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Acting WHO Regional Director for Africa, issued the warning in his message on Saturday, marking International […]Continue Reading

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Katsina nurses threaten strike over security and welfare concerns

By Jasmine Jasmine 28/01/2025 0

The Katsina State Council of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives has issued a warning to the state government, threatening to withdraw its members from frontline local government areas over unresolved security and welfare challenges. The association also announced plans to begin an indefinite strike if their demands are not met by the […]Continue Reading

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NLC pledges support for Nigerian nurses amidst economic hardship

By Emmanuel Chisom 30/10/2024

ABUJA (SUNDIATA  POST)- The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Joe Ajaero, has reaffirmed the labour union’s commitment to support Nigerian nurses. Ajaero made the commitment at the 8th Quadrennial Delegates’ Conference of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) in Abuja on Wednesday. He commended the nurses and midwives for […]Continue Reading

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Ogun nurses protest alleged assault of colleague by doctor

By Emmanuel Chisom 03/10/2024

ABEOKUTA (SUNDIATA  POST)- Nurses at the State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, on Thursday, staged a protest over an alleged assault of a student-nurse by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the hospital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesting nurses were led by the Chairman of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), […]Continue Reading