Posted on: Sun 29-11-2015

MEDICAL AND DENTAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA INTERNAL/EXTERNAL MEMO TO MDCN STAFF & PUBLIC 

 DISCOUNTINUATION OF ALL MANUAL PROCESSES OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS FOR ANNUAL PRACTICING LICENSE, PAYMENT AND PROCESSING

The MDCN wishes to inform all its Staff, Stakeholders and the general public that with effect from 11th November, 2015 all manual processes involved in the submission of applications, processing and payment of fees for all its services and in particular, Annual Practicing Licenses at all MDCN offices and through the offices of the Director Medical Services in all the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory have been discontinued.

The MDCN would no longer accept hard copies of annual practicing license application forms and payment for its services through certified bank cheques (drafts), cash and Point of Sales (POS) transactions. However, submission of hard copy applications forms for other forms of registration would still be accepted in the mean time. Details are contained on the MDCN website, but all payments for any of its services is only through electronic means provided by the Federal Government (Treasury Single Account) i.e the Remita Platform.

This major change has been necessitated by the desire of the Council to automate all its processes and this has been further strengthened by the directives of the Federal Government of Nigeria for all its MDA’s to compulsorily maintain a Treasury Single Account domiciled at the Central bank of Nigeria.

To this effect doctors desirous of any service of the Council are to ensure that they visit the Council’s website and portal for the steps and guidelines to be followed in order to update their personal data. Doctors are to note that this can only be possible after they must have obtained their login details from the Council which would be automatically sent to their respective email addresses once they are known to the Council. Likewise all Payments of registration fees are to be done online through the Council’s website which is linked to the Government Remita platform using the doctors ATM debit/Credit cards.

Staff of Council, are hence forth to ensure that only request of doctors who have complied with the online processes are attended to and all manual forms of submission of applications (especially annual practicing license) and payments are to be out rightly stopped.

Thank you

Dr. A. A. Ibrahim DSc, mni
Registrar, MDCN

PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION/APPLICATION AND PAYMENT TO THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA.

Registration:

1. MDCN creates a portal account/access for a doctor with the doctor’s folio number, full name and e-mail address.
2. An automatic information from the MDCN is then sent to the registered e-mail address on how to proceed.
3. Follow the link as shown on the e-mail received to supply a personal password and login to your profile with the MDCN.
As an alternative to no. 3 above, go to www.mdcn.gov.ng, click on ‘sign in’ , click on ‘reset password’, supply your email address and click on reset password to submit, then check your mail and follow the link from the automatic mail you will receive from the MDCN to type in your password.
4. Click on your name to access the general registration form.
5. Click on the ‘edit’ button and fill the Personal, Educational, Registration and Employment sections of the form where it applies to you.
6. Double click on the box beside your name to upload a passport size photograph of yourself.
7. Click on ‘Attachment’ at the top of your form; then click ‘Add’ to upload attachments if any.
8. Click on ‘save’ button to retain the changes.

Payment:
1. Go to www.remita.net
2. Select ‘Pay a Federal Government Agency’
3. Fill the form as follows:
a. Name of MDA (select ) : Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
b. Name of Service/Purpose(select ): Select the type of service you are paying for
c. Amount to Pay (N) (type) : amount you are to pay
d. Payer’s Full Name (type): Your full name
e. Payer’s Email (type): Your e-mail
f. Payer’s Phone (type): Your phone number

4. Continue by following the screen information to complete your payment.

Note:
1. If the Service you are paying for is not in 3b. above, select ‘others’ ,
then type the service name under ‘description’.

2. The payee can print the page containing the Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) number generated through the process and take it to any Commercial Bank for payment or choose choose to continue making payment through ATM card by selecting CARD payment option.

For enquires call: 08106267970.

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