The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) has reported that 88 percent of the many candidates who participated in the 2024 Professional Examination were successful, marking a significant achievement in the results for the General and Post Basic Nursing Programs and reflecting advancements in the country’s healthcare training standards.
In a statement issued on November 10, 2024, the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) announced that an impressive 88 percent of thousands of candidates had successfully passed the examination. The Council indicated that the results were approved for release by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, and provided detailed statistics highlighting notable pass rates among different nursing programs.
The results reveal that in the General Nursing Programme, 12,534 candidates successfully passed, achieving an 88 percent success rate. Furthermore, the Post Basic Nursing Programmes recorded an impressive 96 percent pass rate, with 4,513 candidates completing the program successfully.
Smaller yet significant segments included the Foreign Trained Nursing category, where 43 percent of the 178 candidates succeeded, and the Community Nursing Programme, with a 74 percent pass rate among 872 candidates. In the refresher program, 42 candidates passed, achieving a success rate of 45 percent.
Leaders of nursing training institutions in Nigeria are advised to review their institutions’ results online starting November 12, 2024.
Ngadi Alhassan, the Acting Registrar of NMCN, shared a positive outlook for the profession, announcing, “I am happy to let you know that the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has confirmed the approval for the release of the results for the November 2024 Professional Examination in General/Post Basic Nursing Programmes.”
The Council praised the achievements as a positive indicator for Nigeria’s healthcare sector, particularly as demand for skilled health professionals continues to grow across the nation.
