The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has raised the alarm over insufficient number of nurses in the country, saying there were about 125, 000 registered nurses servicing the health needs of over 200million Nigerians.
President of the association, Abdulrafiu Adeniji, who disclosed this at the 7th Qua-drennial National Delegates Conference in Abuja, Wednesday, attributed the shortage to the continuous exodus of registered and qualified nurses from Nigeria abroad.
WADR’s Usman Umar in Abuja, has more in this report:
