Juliet Jacob 
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria has launched a new five-year strategic plan to strengthen its nursing and midwifery workforce, empower women, and elevate the country’s healthcare delivery standards.
The Nigeria Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery (2025–2030) was unveiled at the National Nursing and Midwifery Summit in Abuja, alongside the inaugural meeting of the Presidential High-Level Advisory Council on the Support of Women and Girls (P-HLAC).
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, said the dual initiatives represent “a coherent national purpose to secure lives, strengthen our health workforce, and advance the dignity and opportunity of women and girls.”
“This is a practical step that consolidates service excellence where Nigerians meet their health system — the frontline,” he said.
He added that through the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative (NHSRII) and Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp), the government is ensuring “coordinated investments, clear accountability, reliable data, and frontline capacity that reaches every community.”
Pate commended the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, for her “unwavering advocacy for maternal health and women’s empowerment,” and hailed Nigeria’s expanding training quota for nurses and midwives — from 28,000 to 115,000 — as “a bold step toward universal, equitable, and gender-responsive healthcare.”
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