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Today, I read an "official statement" from Nigeria Society of Physiotheraphy where it was stated that the late Mary Habila was not a physiotheraphist because she did not belong to the society.

Please see here: https://www.nairaland.com/8710907/mary-habila-not-registered-physiotherapist

This statement is not only misleading, it is grossly incorrect.

The essence of this topic is therefore not to defend the deceased (or Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works) but to enlighten those who may have been misled by the statement and state what the law says.

In Nigeria, you do not need to belong to the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (NSP) to legally practice physiotherapy in Nigeria.

Apart from being a graduate, you only need to be registered and licensed by the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria (MRTB).

MRTB is the federal government agency empowered by law to regulate the profession and issue practicing licenses.

Below are the four steps to legally practice physiotheraphy in Nigeria.

1. Earn a Degree: Hold a Bachelor of Physiotherapy (B.PT or BMR) or a Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT) from an accredited university.

2. Complete Internship: Undergo a mandatory one-year clinical internship at an accredited hospital.

3. Register with the MRTB: Complete your registration and obtain your legal license.

4. Complete NYSC: Fulfill the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) requirement, if applicable.

So, you do not need to be a member of Nigerian Society of Physiotheraphy (NSP)

NSP is just a professional association and labor embodiment for physiotherapists in Nigeria.

It is nothing but a pressure group that defends the rights of therapists, provides continuing education, and offers professional indemnity.

Its membership is voluntary, though it is recommended for career networking and professional growth.

NSP is just like Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) which is another pressure group. You do not need to belong to NMA before you can practice medicine in Nigeria.

Thank you

Ok at least we have learnt something from you

That's strange,so what's the Association meant for

Hahaha Hahaha una go explain tire...the life line will only be that the MRTB ,will claim they gave the girl licence to practice...it is common for our politicians to carry oloshos with stolen funds...afterall is not they legitimate money ...they stole billions and use part of it to chop banniesb

Noted, thank you for the information. Learned something new today too.

Let's keep deceiving ourselves we all don't know what she went there to do.

NewHe:
That's strange,so what's the Association meant for

Didn't you read the article.? NSP is like the NMA, a pressure group/trade union.

I agree with you. It's just like NSE for engineers and COREN. One gives the license to practice and regulates the profession, the other (NSE) is an association for Engineers. Though being a member of one grants you accelerated registration for the other.

The question would be was she registered with MRTB?

Seun2019:
Today, I read an "official statement" from Nigeria Society of Physiotheraphy where it was stated that the late Mary Habila was not a physiotheraphist because she did not belong to the society.

Please see here: https://www.nairaland.com/8710907/mary-habila-not-registered-physiotherapist

This statement is not only misleading, it is grossly incorrect.

The essence of this topic is therefore not to defend the deceased (or Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works) but to enlighten those who may have been misled by the statement and state what the law says.

In Nigeria, you do not need to belong to the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (NSP) to legally practice physiotherapy in Nigeria.

Apart from being a graduate, you only need to be registered and licensed by the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria (MRTB).

MRTB is the federal government agency empowered by law to regulate the profession and issue practicing licenses.

Below are the four steps to legally practice physiotheraphy in Nigeria.

1. Earn a Degree: Hold a Bachelor of Physiotherapy (B.PT or BMR) or a Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT) from an accredited university.

2. Complete Internship: Undergo a mandatory one-year clinical internship at an accredited hospital.

3. Register with the MRTB: Complete your registration and obtain your legal license.

4. Complete NYSC: Fulfill the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) requirement, if applicable.

So, you do not need to be a member of Nigerian Society of Physiotheraphy (NSP)

NSP is just a professional association and labor embodiment for physiotherapists in Nigeria.

It is nothing but a pressure group that defends the rights of therapists, provides continuing education, and offers professional indemnity.

Its membership is voluntary, though it is recommended for career networking and professional growth.

NSP is just like Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) which is another pressure group. You do not need to belong to NMA before you can practice medicine in Nigeria.

Thank you

Thank you for the enlightenment
One wonders why NSP released the statement then

Them go explain tyre for us.

Since you have opened the the thread, pls go ahead and give us some more details about her service year, license number, just some more information on her professional practice, cos so many people are of the opinion that she is into most people thinks. RIP to the dead.

ejieddy:
I agree with you. It's just like NSE for engineers and COREN. One gives the license to practice and regulates the profession, the other (NSE) is an association for Engineers. Though being a member of one grants you accelerated registration for the other.

The question would be was she registered with MRTB?

She was not a physiotherapist
She was a nurse
It's the friend that was a physio

That official statement was totally unnecessary. E be like when you de chook mouth for wetin no consain u

Okay. Thanks for the clarification

I guess she would be a registered Nurse and not an Auxiliary. I can't even imagine that the minister will have an auxiliary in his team. If na auxiliary she be, then there's cause to suspect but I don't think she's an auxiliary. She looks like a professional.

Kukutente23:
She was not a physiotherapist
She was a nurse
It's the friend that was a physio

As if we don't know what she went all the way there to do, another story for the gods

NewHe:
That's strange,so what's the Association meant for

Associations are just a trade union. Membership is voluntary. It's politics and corruption that made most of these guys believe they are more important than they are. A medical doctor won a case against NMA few years back where he denounced his membership and stopped paying their dues. They kept harassing him and claiming he can't practice medicine in Nigeria. He took them to court and won.

Seun2019:
Today, I read an "official statement" from Nigeria Society of Physiotheraphy where it was stated that the late Mary Habila was not a physiotheraphist because she did not belong to the society.

Please see here: https://www.nairaland.com/8710907/mary-habila-not-registered-physiotherapist

This statement is not only misleading, it is grossly incorrect.

The essence of this topic is therefore not to defend the deceased (or Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works) but to enlighten those who may have been misled by the statement and state what the law says.

In Nigeria, you do not need to belong to the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (NSP) to legally practice physiotherapy in Nigeria.

Apart from being a graduate, you only need to be registered and licensed by the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria (MRTB).

MRTB is the federal government agency empowered by law to regulate the profession and issue practicing licenses.

Below are the four steps to legally practice physiotheraphy in Nigeria.

1. Earn a Degree: Hold a Bachelor of Physiotherapy (B.PT or BMR) or a Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT) from an accredited university.

2. Complete Internship: Undergo a mandatory one-year clinical internship at an accredited hospital.

3. Register with the MRTB: Complete your registration and obtain your legal license.

4. Complete NYSC: Fulfill the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) requirement, if applicable.

So, you do not need to be a member of Nigerian Society of Physiotheraphy (NSP)

NSP is just a professional association and labor embodiment for physiotherapists in Nigeria.

It is nothing but a pressure group that defends the rights of therapists, provides continuing education, and offers professional indemnity.

Its membership is voluntary, though it is recommended for career networking and professional growth.

NSP is just like Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) which is another pressure group. You do not need to belong to NMA before you can practice medicine in Nigeria.

Thank you

You are the one who misquoted the NSP.
The NSP did not say she was not a registered Physiotherapist because she didn't belong to the society.

"Following verification through the appropriate regulatory channels, the name “Mary Habila,” as stated, does not appear on the database of registered physiotherapists"
What the NSP said is what I quoted here.

The data base of all practicing Physiotherapists in Nigeria is with MRTB which is the regulatory body and that data is readily available on demand

Mary Habila was a nurse, not a physio. Number 5.
Watch 1st minute of this video where Umahi said same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ-bMQaRFTQ

Just die first you go know say anybody including your siblings can be bought, na dead body I pity, because dead men don't tell tales

Writer should have done a better job in telling the public the school where late Habila graduated from and her year of graduation as well as the certificate she held, since they have changed the story from her being a physiotherapist to being a nurse.

What is holding Nigeria police from investigating her death?
Why is her father refusing autopsy?
Una go explain tire

Leave the man alone. He did nothing wrong.

Brethren, I want you to know that if any, and I mean ANY woman, tells you she's a massage therapist, physiotherapist or any variation of therapistism-ism (don't fact check me on that word), where they have to travel, spend one on one session, and touch the clients body, do not copy your Nigerian government and try to privatise that woman.

This case again ..
Only God can tell what really happened.
Umahi is above the law as long as Nigeria is concerned

So small small they want to turn the victim to the villain 🤔 wetin pesin no go see for this country 🙄 OK let's just assume she didn't even have license, tell us how and why she's dead in a suspicious way

Well, it is well.
RIP to the deceased, if there's a foul play, then, let the players live forever and not die if it is possible. Everything hidden shall be made open at the right time.
The fact that the affidavit was not done in Kaduna but Ebonyi raised a question except the man is living in Ebonyi which I doubt.
All will be well. Let the deceased rest in peace Biko.

bigiyaro:
Since you have opened the the thread, pls go ahead and give us some more details about her service year, license number, just some more information on her professional practice, cos so many people are of the opinion that she is into most people thinks. RIP to the dead.

OP won't have access to that kind of detailed information. He would need a court order for that, and it's not like the judge would just give it out , one has to exactly explain why the info is needed. Even the police too need a court order for that info.

It's like someone asking to post your NIN online. Una go gree?

Image123:
Mary Habila was a nurse, not a physio. Number 5.
Watch 1st minute of this video where Umahi said same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ-bMQaRFTQ

Does they deceased family has any right to deny the deceased autopsy?does he has power not to honor police invitation for investigation?this is a case of suspected homicide the case now belong to the government

thesicilian:
Let's keep deceiving ourselves we all don't know what she went there to do.

She went to give the minister Happy Ending but let us all keep pretending

onuman:
Writer should have done a better job in telling the public the school where late Habila graduated from and her year of graduation as well as the certificate she held, since they have changed the story from her being a physiotherapist to being a nurse.

What is holding Nigeria police from investigating her death?
Why is her father refusing autopsy?
Una go explain tire

ERM, the police has commenced investigations.

As for autopsy, as someone who works in the medical field, when you tell patient's relatives to do autopsy, dem go say 'No thank you'. And that's for non suspicious deaths!