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The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on Friday confirmed that 48 Nigerian professionals are suspected of paying someone to sit a computer-based exam that tests medical knowledge and is needed to work in Britain.

Forty-eight Nigeria-trained nurses and midwives who ‘likely’ qualified fraudulently are still being allowed to treat patients while under investigation in the UK.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on Friday confirmed that 48 Nigerian professionals are suspected of paying someone to sit a computer-based exam that tests medical knowledge and is needed to work in Britain.
The NMC said it was 'more likely than not' that those it has identified obtained their result fraudulently, according to Mail Online.

However, the regulator told Mail Online that they will still be allowed to treat patients while investigations are underway — though not all are necessarily working in healthcare.

The 48 people identified sat the exam, which covers drug dosage calculations and clinical questions for health issues like diabetes, at the Yunnik Technologies Test Centre in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria.

An investigation by the NMC found 'evidence of widespread fraudulent activity' at the centre, meaning all the test results it has issued have now been deemed invalid.

While doubts were initially cast over 515 nurses and midwives who sat the test at the centre, the NMC narrowed the list of 'likely' fraudulent applicants down to 48.

These nurses and midwives will have their case assessed by an independently appointed panel to decide if they gained fraudulent entry to the NMC register.

If the panel determines they did, they would be removed from register, losing the right to work as nurse or midwife in the UK.

But during this process, they will still be allowed to work in the UK without restrictions.

However, those who are cleared by the panel, and the 467 other nurses and midwives from Nigeria who took the test at the centre will have to successfully resit the test to be allowed to continue working in healthcare in the UK.
Professor Len Shackleton, an editorial and research fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs told MailOnline it was unacceptable for health professionals with dubious qualifications to continue to treat patients.

He said: “There are doubts about remote testing centres in many academic disciplines — but it's especially worrying to see this in nursing and midwifery where incompetent individuals threaten the health of adults and new-borns.

“Nobody wants to see individuals who may be innocent automatically penalised, but the nursing regulator has a duty to protect patients, and the sensibilities of those whose qualifications are in doubt must come second to this duty.”

It is unknown what portion of the 48 nurses and midwives under suspicion are currently working in health or social care roles in Britain and in what areas.

An additional 669 nurses and midwives in the process of applying to work in the UK, but have not started employment, are also believed to have obtained their result fraudulently.

The NMC said these individuals will need to sit a new test and will also have to pass a character assessment process
Another 771 Nigerian applicants cleared of any fraud and dishonesty will also have to resit the exam due to all results at the centre being ruled invalid.

NMC chief executive Andrea Sutcliffe said she was sympathetic to those innocent applicants caught up in the fraud scandal.

“We understand this continues to be a distressing time for people facing uncertainty about their application or place on our register,” she said.

“We're committed to managing these concerns in the safest and fairest way we can.

“It's been essential to look carefully at all the data and other information presented to us before deciding on the right and proportionate approach for everyone.”
https://saharareporters.com/2023/09/22/48-nigerian-nurses-midwives-under-investigation-obtaining-fraudulent-medical-exam

No shame. What happened to student loans Tinubu promised.

oficialaikhonmu:
Good morning everyone in house, please I need your guidance and direction on the documents I will need to apply for a Canada visit visa.
I returned from NYSC last year November since then I have not gotten any employment, I have someone in Canada who is already a Canadian citizen and have offered to give me an invitation to come to Canada but don't know how to go about it and me too don't know how to apply.
He requested I find out the requirement he need to meet and the documents he will need in order to be able to send me invitation because he is very busy with work to do the research himself. I have been following this group but have not seen concreate information's that suites my case.

my questions are
1, what qualifies, eligibility or documents he needs to be able to give me invitation and where will he go to get or apply for the invitation letter
2, what are the documents I will need to have a successful application here in Nigeria [ no employment details ]
please your sincere advice and guidance will be highly appreciated.
THANS ALL

Google invitation letter for Canada template. Just edit and put in the details as applicable. Then he provides his passport and account statement to you. Include it in the online application. Without a job in Nigeria you have no home ties. Your chances of getting it is less than 5%.

abidem4real:
UK's laws were obviously made by "the fish brains". Women often go scot-free even when they do shit while men on the other hand get senselessly punished for little or nothing.

men who are the primary applicants too can cancel dependent visa of their wife. Goes both ways

Nigerian married man on dependent visa found out his wife was cheating and she decided to file for divorce to be with her lover and notify Home Office.

Now, Home office have asked the husband to leave the UK before October 23rd.

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Wahala

alroben:
Location. 0905 618 8 WhatsApp

what if its an organ harvestor or kidnapper

A friend who is based in Canada wants to sponsor her mum (who is based in Nigeria) to the uk on visit visa. Can a Canadian bank statement be used for this purpose ? The parent has former travel history to Uk also.

Anna20:
Please I sincerely need answers.
I'm a tailor presently in Nigeria.Is there any chance for me applying for visa sponsored tailor/seamstress jobs in Canada from Nigeria?.
Do companies in Canada hire tailors from Nigeria and sponsor them over?

No

muhyideenabdul:
Hello friends
I am planning to move to Australia on working holiday visa which requires 18-30 but stated that some countries (not stated) can also apply even up to 35yrs of age and I am 33yrs.

(1) Do I qualify as a Nigerian to apply for this?

(2) Must I use a bank statement which has current such required amount or I can equally use the one that had such amount for months ago?

Thank you very much

Nigeria is not among list of countries who can apply

TOSM:
Hi everyone, please does anyone here know how to get a job as a laboratory assistant or microbiologist in Canada from Nigeria. I have over 4 years of experience and would like to relocate to Canada. I would appreciate any info I can get, pls. Thanks

by applying on indeed.ca, jobbank, linkedin. You may have to apply for 5,000 jobs before you may get one offer or no offer at all. Employers have to prove that they could not get Canadians, PR holders or post graduate work permit holder on ground to do the job hence the need to hire from abroad. No harm in trying tho. Some people have been lucky.

Slimdan360:
Start an accounting firm. If you are truly chartered, you will make it

at 45

I stumbled across a telegram group where nudes of Nigerians having sex are posted. Many of the girls were aware they man was recording them. Do they not know it will be later leaked

All the people advising farming are liars. With all the insecurities, fulani menace, poor roads, theft from farm workers. You are destined to fail and lose your money.

seuncyrus:
Sir, with your experience as an accountant. You're hotcake in most of these countries seeking skilled workers. If you have a Linkedin account (create one if you don't have) search for accountancy job and set your location to UK. Apply to as many as possible or use Indeed, jobserve, I don't believe schooling is the best way to go considering your age and experience.

false only auditors are hot cake and they must have big 4 experience and not normal accountants

At 8 dollars the visa is cheaper than a burger king meal combo or even minimum wages in America. But in Nigeria we pay 80 dollars for schengen.

So10:
Please do I need to send a six months account statement if I'm using gift deed

No

The economy right now in Canada is being affected by inflation and interest rate hikes. Do not come to Canada without adequate resources. Dont show 12k cad as living expenses and come to Canada with 500 Cad. There is competition for jobs even amongst students.

Bananapill:
Is there no dating app for Africans?

as a doctor she earns more than most men. And many people on those app just want sex or looking for who to marry for papers.

Continued

Hmmm
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Chidolalar:
What kind of financial institution dat pays 600k

there are people earning over 1m in banks. I was an assistant banking officer in a bank some years ago. I was on 400k plus. What do you think banking officers and senior banking officials we’re collecting Dey play

Bizibi:
he will get his big break....he might be a fool to you now but people like that always make it better and bigger than they used to be.

there is no big break in what he is doing. He has been on it for 5 years now. Anyone with a brain knows. I don’t want to go into more details as he is still on nairaland.

Ebubu6:
600k a month in Nigeria? Was it oil or politics? Cos only those 2 can pay that high

financial institution

A friend who is also a nairalander quit his 600k job some years ago to go follow his passion in media. Last time i saw him when i visited Nigeria. He was looking worn out and poverty stricken. He still insisted he will keep pushing till he makes it . I was like what a big fool.

Juniorroged:
I need a candid advice on this please.

I and my partner came into the Uk in 2022, now i am pregnant. my visa expires in January 2024. we have been trying to get sponsorship jobs but not forth coming. I am due Oct 2023 ending. What visa or registration can i do for my child to cover my partner and i?

are you in Uk on student visa or visiting visa . The child being born in uk confers him or her no citizenship. No two ways about it

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