The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the regulatory body overseeing nursing and midwifery professions in the United Kingdom, is set to probe hundreds of Nigerian applicants seeking registration with the council after it was revealed that they might have been engaged in exam fraud in Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State, Nigeria.
The NMC maintains a registry of eligible professionals who can practice as nurses, nursing associates, and midwives in the UK.
To gain entry into this registry, international professionals must complete two assessments, including a Computer-Based Test (CBT) typically administered in their home country and a practical test in the UK.
Subsequent to an investigation into the operations of Yunnik Technologies, a test center based in Oyo State, it was discovered that there was substantial fraudulent activity associated with its CBT services.
The investigation was initiated after the NMC received reports of manipulated results at the test center in May.
A report published by the UK journal Nursing Standard revealed that the NMC subsequently uncovered that a significant number of Nigerian applicants had fraudulently acquired results from Yunnik Technologies.