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An average nurse working at the local government, state, or national level gets a monthly salary of about N135,000, the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) Registrar, Faruk Abubakar, has said.
Abubakar said some nurses get up to N200,000 monthly salary, depending on where they work.
The NMCN registrar said this while appearing on Channels Television monitored by The Frontier.
Abubakar was reacting to the controversy trailing nurses’ certificate verification.
Some nurses, on Monday, protested in Abuja and Lagos offices of the NMCN against certificate verification.
They urged the council to address concerns on nurses’ welfare, salary scale, staff shortages, and other rights.
The NMCN, in its revised guidelines, introduced stringent requirements for certificate verification from foreign nursing boards, including two years of post-qualification experience, which has exacerbated the nurses’ discontent.
Abubakar said the NMCN was not responsible for the determination of numerations of nurses in Nigeria.
The NMCN registrar said such matters were handled by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives meant to improve the welfare of the nurses.
He said: “The issue of remuneration is not within the NMCN; it is the responsibility of the honourable minister of the Ministry of Health. I want to make this clear to you. A few weeks ago, the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) paid a courtesy visit to the honourable minister. He has constituted a committee where all issues raised by the national association, including the welfare that you are talking about (will be addressed)…”
