Monday, October 6, 2025 - The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, NMCN, has urged nurses to avoid traveling to countries currently at war in their quest to leave Nigeria amid the japa syndrome
While appealing to nursing graduates not leave the country
after the completion of their programmes, the Council urged them to endeavour
to contribute their own quota to the development of healthcare system of the
country.
The Registrar of NMCN, Dr Ndagi Alhassan, who stated this
during the induction and oath taking ceremony of graduating professional nurses
of Elizade University, specifically urged them against traveling to Russia,
Ukraine, Israel and other volatile countries.
With no fewer than 69 nursing graduates of the institution
inducted at the ceremony, the registrar, who was represented by a director in
the Council, Dr Olukemi Awe, said, “Your choice to enter this noble profession
is not just a career path, but a calling.
“This is the beginning of your professional career as a
nurse will be privileged for you to serve anywhere in the world, but please
don’t leave the country (japa). Let’s all take care of Nigeria. We still need
you in Nigeria. Do not ‘japa’ for now.
“But you see, if you still want to japa don’t go to Russia,
don’t go to Ukraine, don’t go to Israel. Please, I’m just begging you. But we
need you here. We want you to come and serve us here. Do not allow what you
have achieved today be the end of the road for you.”
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