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Adamawa State College Of Nursing And Midwifery Yola

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE INSTITUTION

In 1975, the North-Eastern State Government established a School of Midwifery in Yola, the School started with fourteen students under the leadership of Mrs. E. N. Magaji who was the first Principal. A year after (1976), the North-Eastern state was sub divided into three states with Yola becoming the state capital of Gongola State.

On 30th May 1976, the Gongola State Government also established another School known as School of Nursing, Yola. In the same year, the schools were merged to become the School of Nursing and Midwifery Yola. The School of Nursing started with a population of fifty-two students. The first Principal was Alhaji Abba Kura Mubi, a Vice Principal and six Academic staff.

The physical structures, the College started with were three (3) classroom blocks, an administrative block, lecture hall, demonstration room, library, laboratory and a tailors shed, all located at the General Hospital Jimeta and later the Student Midwives were accommodated in Hammawa Senior Primary School in Toungo ward of Yola Town, while Student Nurses were accommodated in various rented houses in Jimeta Metropolis.

In August 1991, the Federal Government of Nigeria created additional states, which saw the splitting of Gongola into Adamawa and Taraba states. This resulted into the deployment exercise, which also resulted into some structural changes in the School. The School was again demerged into School of Midwifery and School of Nursing, under different Principals and management teams in 1992. Up till 1993, the Schools still remained in their temporary sites at Specialist Hospital, Yola.

In December 1993, the Schools relocated to the permanent site in Yola town. In 2001, however, the state Government took over the academic and administrative blocks of the Schools and handed them over to Federal Medical Centre, Yola. The Schools were then partitioned into two, an arrangement that left them their original students’ hostels, senior staff quarters and the Principals’ houses.

Government later constructed some classroom blocks on its former sporting ground. The College is still being expanded in terms of physical infrastructure. On the 21st June, 2001, the Governor of Adamawa State, Boni Haruna, signed into law a bill that established the College which made it a corporate entity with perpetual succession. The nomenclature of the School changed from School of Nursing and Midwifery to College of Nursing and Midwifery Yola.

VISION

To train Nurses/Midwives who will render safe, effective and efficient Nursing and Midwifery services to individuals, families and communities.

MISSION

To train Nurses and Midwives who will be able to render quality services to individuals, families and communities. The training is to employ techniques and environment that modify knowledge, attitudes and skills of trainees, so as to contribute positively to global health best practices.

Programs:

i.        Post-Basic Nursing Programme for qualified Midwives who wish to obtain General Nursing Certificate.

ii.       Adaptation Programme: This programme is for Foreign trained nurses and Registered Midwives undergoing BNSc programme. It will lead to the award of various professional certificates by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.

iii.       Return Basic Nursing Programme: The programme is for Licensed Community Nurses who wish to return for the Basic Nursing programme with a minimum of five credits in Mathematics, English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. It will lead to the award of Registered Nurse certificate by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.

iv.       Return Basic Midwifery Programme: The programme is for Licensed Community Midwives who wish to return for the Basic Midwifery programme with a minimum of five credits in Mathematics, English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. It will lead to the award of Registered Midwife certificate by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.

v.        Community Nursing Programme for candidates with a minimum of four (4) credits in English Language, Biology and any two  (2) of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. It leads to the award of Licensed Community Nurse Certificate by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.

vi.      Community Midwifery Programme for candidates with a minimum of four (4) credits in English Language, Biology and any two  (2) of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. It leads to the award of Licensed Community Midwife Certificate by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.

Adamawa State College Of Nursing And Midwifery Yola

Along Fufore Road Yola Bypass After Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital (Former FMC Yola)
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info@ascnm.com