Bayelsa State Nursing & Midwifery Committee
The statutory organ for nursing education and practice in Bayelsa State, performing specific functions on behalf of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria — including the periodic verification of the licences and certificates of practising nurses.
Verify a nurse
Search by licence number or Clearance ID. Only non-sensitive details are shown.
The search continues on the verification portal, where the verification year is confirmed before any record is shown. Only the verification year, full name, facility and status of a nurse are ever displayed.
A statutory organ for nursing excellence in Bayelsa State
The Bayelsa State Nursing and Midwifery Committee is a statutory organ charged to perform specific functions on behalf of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria as stipulated in the Nursing and Midwifery Registration, etc. Act Cap N143, 2004, sections 13, 14 and 16. The Committee is the vehicle for ensuring excellence in nursing education and practice in the state and in Nigeria in general.
Statutory mandate
Powers drawn directly from the Nursing and Midwifery Registration Act Cap N143, 2004 — sections 13, 14 and 16.
Verification, every year
Licenses and certificates of practicing nurses are verified periodically and records kept up to date for the whole state.
Standards & discipline
Monitoring standards of nursing practice, and investigating and reporting unprofessional conduct.
What the Committee does
- Pre-accreditation visit for the establishment of new training institutions.
- Periodic inspections of training institutions and students’ clinical experience sites.
- Periodic verification of licenses and certificates of practicing nurses.
- Monitor appropriately the standards of nursing practice in the state.
- Keep and update the record of all trained nurses in the state.
- Investigate, discipline and report any unprofessional conduct among practicing nurses.
- Conduct research on current nursing issues.
- Compile and maintain a list of public and private hospitals and clinics for effective monitoring.
- Facilitate the organisation of the Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Programme (MCPDP) for nurses.
Chairman, Secretary and Members
Annual verification of practising nurses
Verification of licences and certificates is one of the Committee’s statutory functions. It runs as an online exercise once every year, and is handled in full on the verification portal.
For nurses
Complete the official annual form on the portal, receive your Clearance ID immediately, and track your status. No account is required and no documents are uploaded at any stage.
For employers & the public
Confirm a nurse’s status at any time using a licence number or Clearance ID. Only the verification year, full name, facility and status are shown.
For the Committee
Submissions are reviewed by officers, statuses updated with reasons recorded, and yearly Excel reports produced for government oversight. Every action is written to an audit trail.
Exercise dates are announced by the Committee
The opening date and deadline for each year’s exercise are published on the verification portal, together with the current status of the exercise. Submissions are accepted only within the announced period, and a submission cannot be edited once it has been sent.
Ready to verify your licence and certificates?
Complete the annual form once, receive your Clearance ID immediately, and follow your status on the public verification page. The exercise runs online — no account and no documents required.
Reach the Committee
Office location
Nursing Services Department, Ministry of Health,
P.M.B 24, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Telephone
0806 448 4243 — Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 4:00pm
Verification portal
Take part, or check a nurse’s status. Committee officers sign in at the console.
NDPR data-protection notice
Personal data submitted through this portal is collected solely for the verification of nursing licenses and certificates, and is processed in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation. Only the verification year, full name, facility and status of a cleared nurse are made public. No sensitive personal data and no uploaded documents are exposed on public pages.