YAGONGWO COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCES, KUJE-ABUJA

Yagongwo College of Nursing Sciences is a private nursing college along Kango Road in Kuje, Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory. The name comes from the Gade language and means "for everybody" (Nakowa in Hausa). Its slogan is "Quality Nursing for Development" and its motto is "Centre of Excellence".

The college was founded by Dr. Adamu Jatau Noma, Managing Director and CEO, who conceived the idea in 2018 and concluded the planning in 2019 as he prepared to retire from a 35-year civil service career as a certified teacher. The traditional rulers of Kuje and Gwargwada, the Gomo of Kuje and the Agabe of Gwargwada, serve as chairman and co-chairman of its Governing Council. The FCTA Education Secretariat, through the Department of Higher Education, approved its establishment as a college in 2022.

The college offers Basic Nursing, Basic Midwifery, a National Diploma (ND) in Nursing Sciences and a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Nursing Sciences. The ND programme leads to the HND. Its stated vision is to serve as a model in providing quality nursing and medical manpower using global best practices, and its mission is to produce competent nursing and medical personnel able to serve anywhere without hindrance.

Its objectives include providing practitioners willing to serve in both urban and rural communities, helping bridge the shortage of nursing and medical personnel in Nigeria, and preparing graduates able to serve in any part of the world. The founder has said that a motivation was the lack of access to basic health services in rural communities.

The college has a staff strength of 135, made up of teaching and non-teaching staff. The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria granted it full accreditation with effect from July 2025, and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) granted institutional accreditation and approval to run the ND programme leading to the HND with effect from 6 July 2024. Applicants use an online applicant portal, and enrolled students use a student portal.