By Abbanobi -Eku Onyekachi, Abuja
Due to the importance and contribution of nursing profession to the human health and life, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker, House of Representatives, National Assembly (NASS), Abuja charged the matriculants of Yagongwo College of Nursing Sciences, Kuje, Abuja to go about their studies with seriousness and dedications. Represented by his Senior Legislative Aide (SLA), Comrade Victoria Uko, the Speaker gave the advice to the students at the second matriculation of the college on Saturday at the college promises in Kuje.
“As you embark on your nursing studies, know that you are stepping into a noble profession that plays a crucial role in the health and well-being of our communities. Your commitment to pursuing this path demonstrates not only your dedication to personal growth and desire to make a positive impact in the lives of others.
“Embrace the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, and remember that every effort you make contributes to the betterment of society.
While we commend your choice to serve humanity through nursing, we encourage you to uphold the values of compassion, integrity, and professionalism as you train to become outstanding healthcare providers,” Abbas stated.
In his speech, the MD/CEO of the College, Dr Adamu, Jatau Noma drew the attention of the public to the challenges the College has been passing through, among which is: offering scholarships to indigent students; building students hostels, by urging investors to come and buy lands for that purpose; assistance to equip the College with more laptops and desktops in its ICT room; acquiring more buses, saying the ones they have are inadequate and; assistance to acquire more nursing/midwifery training materials, such as bed, manikin, maternity equipment, first aid equipment and medicines, among others.
Others are: acquiring ambulance, laboratory equipment, mechanisms of labour, anatomical models, interactive boards, projectors and their screens, public address system, building a hospital for partnership, mounting solar power system and printers, photocopiers, among others.
In a word of encouragement and appreciation, Dr. Tanko Jibrin, the Gomo of Kuje hailed the MD/CEO for establishing the College, after his retirement as the Director, FCT Universal Education Board (UBEB). Believing that the College will contribute a lot to the health sector, the royal father therefore said that Noma has proved to be an educationist of repute and an administrator par excellence, even as he urged him to keep the pace and prayed for him.
Earlier in a welcome address, Mrs Philomena Yahaya, the Chairperson, Organizing Committee of the event, informed that three sets of students they were matriculating at the event were set 2024 Basic Nursing, first year second semester; set 2024 Basic Midwifery first year, second semester and; National Diploma Nursing, first year, first semester.
Disclosing that the total number of matriculants are 271, she said that matriculation is the official admission of students into college or university, even as she advised them to not only take their studies serious, but strictly adhere to the rules and regulations of the College.
Established in 2022, the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) granted the College a provisional accreditation in 2023, and National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) also granted it institutional accreditation and approval to commence ND that leads to Higher National Diploma (HND) in July, 2024.
With 92 employees, the College has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with FCTA Hospital Management, FCTA Hospital Management Board, FCTA Primary Health Board for Wuse, Maitama, Garki General Hospitals, Limi Hospital, National Hospital, among others.
