• Reveals 32 hospitals shut between January and June 2025
• Doctors begin five-day warning strike nationwide today

Lagos State Government has said that it is illegal for any health facility to train auxiliary nurses, as well as for anyone to practise as an auxiliary nurse in the state.
 
It, however, threatened that any hospital that trains auxiliary nurses or has auxiliary nurses in its employment would be shut down. Permanent Secretary, Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA), Dr Abiola Idowu, gave the warning yesterday, during a sensitisation campaign cum town hall meeting in Alimosho Local Council on the roles and responsibilities of the HEFAMAA.
 
Idowu, who was represented by Director, Research and Statistics of HEFAMAA, Dr Olorunfemi Olonire, said that the state government had banned the training and practice by auxiliary nurses as they do more harm than good to the state’s health sector.
 
She, therefore, implored residents to report illegal and unapproved health facilities and quack medic practitioners to the agency for necessary actions.

According to her, the state government does not want the healthcare process of the citizens to be misdiagnosed or attended to unprofessionally, which is the reason the agency was set up.

Idowu revealed that 32 health facilities were shut between January and June for various infractions, stating that the agency is committed to ensuring that only approved health facilities operate in the state.
 
She said the agency has teams that monitor and inspect healthcare facilities spread across different local councils and local council development areas in the state.
 
The King of Shasha Kingdom, Oba Babatunde Nasiru, however, implored HEFAMAA to work on the nonchalant attitude of the staff of public hospitals to patients. He also urged the agency to step up its monitoring of public facilities and get the government to equip and staff them appropriately.
IN another development, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a five-day warning strike, starting from today, September 12, 2025, to press home their demands.
 
This was confirmed in a statement yesterday by the General Secretary, Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Agbor Affiong.
 
The decision to embark on the strike was reached after the NARD online National Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, which extended to the early hours of yesterday, September 11, 2025.
 
“Arising from the NARD E-NEC meeting held on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, which extended into the early hours of Thursday, September 11, 2025, the NEC members unanimously resolved to embark on a five-day warning strike.
 
“The strike will commence at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, September 12, 2025, and will end on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
 
“All centres are hereby directed to duly inform their hospital managements and continue to press home our collective demands,” the statement read.