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Nurses, under the auspices of University graduates of nursing science association (UGONSA), have decried the rising cases of suicide amongst students in the nation’s institutions of higher learning, describing the unfortunate development as a “sad commentary”. In a statement by the UGONSA Assistant National Secretary East, Nurse P.O. Eteng, the association opined that the sad development now occurs almost every other week among our youths. The statement read, “The questions begging for urgent answers are - what could make a young person in-waiting as a leader of tomorrow, see no reason to continue to exist? Have we as a Country by our actions or inactions subtly or overtly made the future of our young generation irretrievably bleak? Will this ugly trend abate or is this just the beginning? “Whatever the answers to these questions are, one thing we cannot play down on is the urgent need to tackle the ugly trend. “In doing this, a holistic approach involving the family, the community, th...

  The University Graduates of Nursing Science Association (UGONSA), the professional association of nurses with a minimum qualification of first degree in nursing has conveyed a Nightingale seasons’ greetings to Nurses. Recounting the tremendous efforts of nurses at resurrecting the hopes of patients and their relatives when clouds of hopelessness envelop their health, the UGONSA Assistant National Secretary East, Nurse P.O. Eteng, in a Christmas & New Year Message, described nurses as “golden gifts to mankind”. The statement reads, “As we celebrate Christmas which signifies Love to mankind we cannot but celebrate nurses who are golden gifts to mankind representing the practicum of the love we celebrate in yuletide by altruistically living their lives for the care and betterment of patients and their relatives alike. “Even though the year 2019 was a great nursing year, we charge our amiable and indefatigable nurses to surpass the great records of 2019 in the year 2020 as THE WORLD ...

Anambra State government has offered automatic employment to the over all best student in the National Nursing and Midwifery final qualification examination for Midwives in Nigeria. Governor Willie Obiano made this known while presenting the winner with certificate and cash award during the State Executive Council meeting at the Government House Awka. Government House anchor man, Ejike Abana was there and reports that Governor Obiano who congratulated the winner Miss Chisom Ezeani of Saint Joseph’s College of Midwifery Adazi Nnukwu in Anaocha Local Government Area for making the state proud, urged other students to emulate her. The Governor reassured the people that his administration will not relent in investing in the health and education sectors.     The Award recipient Miss Ezeani  thanked  the Governor for the recognition, promising to positively impact on human lives.  The Administrator of the school , Reverend Father Jerome Okafor expressed gratitude to  the Governor for recogni...