 Nurses at the Federal Medical Center Biokuta have protested against an alleged exclusion from the 2023 promotion carried out in the institution and heavy workload for the remaining nurses at the center after many have left. The nurses under the ages of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and midwives also expressed displeasure over what they described as harsh working conditions, requesting the management of the hospital to address their promotion arrears, shortage of staff and other rights. The protesters were seen singing and carrying placards around the premises of the hospital on Wednesday, calling for urgent intervention before it would be too late. However, the head of clinical services, Kunlea Dediro, appealed to the protesters to become and assured them that management is working on their demands and they would see the results of their efforts soon. Since the era of brain drain and jacber syndrome, it has been the few nurses that are on ground that have been working tirelessly and we are tired. And now the only thing we enjoy from the management is this promotion. Our uniform allowance for 2023 has not been paid. We have written separately and nothing has been done till now. We need all nurses in this establishment, all our rights that we have listed should be given to us. It is our right and we want to claim them. The use of the promotion is very unfortunate. It is beyond the management. If the wishes of the management were to prevail, 100% of the nurses would have been promoted because we are aware of their resilience, their dedication to duty, their diligence and their perseverance and we know what they have gone through all over the years. And management has already made plans. The plan has already been actualised and nurses will start receiving alerts.