The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has a Governing Council/Board. The Board of the Council is made up of nineteen (19) members, appointed by the Federal Government, on the recommendations of the Federal Ministry of Health. The Board formulates policies’ that brings improvement to Nursing education and Nursing practice in Nigeria. The Secretary General/Registrar, who is the Chief Executive of the Council, gives effect to the policy decisions of the Council.
The Secretary General/Registrar is responsible for the day to day administration of the organization. She is also the Accounting officer of the organization. The Registrar is assisted by four Directors who are head of the Council’s four major departments, other cadres of Nursing officers and a multidisciplinary team of staff. There are presently 203 staff on the nominal roll of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.
In the year 2001, the Council, after critical review of its activities by a team of Management experts from the Presidency, was upgraded from category ‘C’ to category ‘B’ Federal Health Parastatal. The new status of the Council has given rise to the creation of four major departments, namely, Education, Inpectorate, Planning, Research and Statistics, Human Resources /Finance & Accounts.
