adsUduma Uduma, vice-chancellor at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has revealed that the institution produces over 65 percent of Nigeria’s graduate nurses, emerging as a major contributor to the country’s healthcare workforce.
Uduma made this known during the launch of the NOUN Emergency Health Centre at the institution’s model study centre in Abuja, highlighting the university’s growing role in expanding access to nursing education and addressing manpower gaps in the health sector.
The vice-chancellor said the launch marked the commencement of emergency health centres across 39 study centres nationwide as part of the first phase of the initiative.
“It is an ongoing process. All study centres will get these facilities for the students’ benefit because their lives are highly valued. I am happy that the Red Cross is training our staff,” he said.
Uduma emphasized that the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria recently confirmed the figure to the university management.adsads
