How to secure house job in 2026 is your go to article after induction into MDCN.
Congratulations on your triumphant graduation as a Medical practitioner. You must be exuberant with the realization of this achievement, and your family must be overflowing with pride.
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Welcome to the other side of the struggle. Allow me to introduce you to the enigmatic process of How To Secure a House Job In 2026 For MBBS and BDS
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CAUSES OF DELAY IN GETTING HOUSEMANSHIP BY DOCTORS
1. This delay hugely emanates from the fact that most fresh graduates do not know how to use the portal, as the portal requires you to be fast, and specific, with a strong internet connection and a laptop, probably.
2. Most people get confused about which hospital to choose—a decision that should have been made earlier.
3. Upload can occur with just a few hospitals, leading to limited choice, and sometimes not being able to select a particular hospital.
5. Many doctors have login issues on the day of the upload, and they lose the chance of getting housemanship.
7. Some doctors start to make calls about the hospital to choose on the day of upload while browsing through the portal, that’s the wrong time to make those calls.
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Here are the most evidence-based methods and tactics to apply;
1. First, you should have done a little research about the hospitals you might wish to work in, so quickly this is the list of hospitals that appear in the portal. It is your duty to Google and check some of these hospitals out.
2. If the news on the site says that the upload would occur today before the close of work, please start checking the site regularly the day before that day.
3. Use both phone and laptop (Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari)
4. log in to the housemanship portal, do not log out.
5. When you are logged in, in your browser URL space you will see housemanship.mdcn.gov.ng/main/dashboard copy that and keep it on your phone or laptop.
6. When you are having challenges logging in or the site showing “maintenance”. Go to a new tap in the same browser that you have always used to log in and paste the above (housemanship.mdcn.gov.ng/main/dashboard) that will take you to the dashboard straight, skipping the log-in page.
7. When the hospitals are uploaded, you will see a drop-down in your dashboard with the list of several hospitals depending on how many hospitals were uploaded that day, and also depending on how early you were to the upload.
8. Once you see a hospital click on it ASAP, don’t think “a menu will pop up asking you if you are sure of your choice and that it cannot be changed’ just click yes immediately as every second is very important.
9. When you have successfully selected a hospital, your dashboard will change to show the hospital you were posted to and the month that you were posted. see the image below
Then you can download your posting letter by navigating to >>>>view posting>>>>print posting letter. It is a single-page PDF file.
10. If you are also choosing for a friend, it is advisable to use a different browser entirely, and you must have logged their account in before the day of the upload, else it will be almost impossible due to login issues encountered by many on the day of upload.
Note: You will be given two weeks from the day you were posted to appear in the hospital for documentation and resumption of duty. It is advisable to go as early as you can, to enable you to secure accommodation and settle in before you are posted to a unit.
HERE IS THE LIST OF HOSPITALS COVERED BY THE CENTRALIZED POSTING
Approved MDCN Housemanship Centres in Nigeria (2025)
Teaching Hospitals
| S/N | Hospital Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital | Bauchi |
| 2 | Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital | Shika-Zaria |
| 3 | Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital | Kano |
| 4 | Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki | Ebonyi |
| 5 | Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe | Gombe |
| 6 | Federal Teaching Hospital Ido-Ekiti | Ekiti |
| 7 | Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital | Edo |
| 8 | Jos University Teaching Hospital | Plateau |
| 9 | Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) | Idi-Araba, Lagos |
| 10 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital | Nnewi, Anambra |
| 11 | Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTHC) | Ile-Ife, Osun |
| 12 | University College Hospital (UCH) | Ibadan, Oyo |
| 13 | University of Abuja Teaching Hospital | Gwagwalada, Abuja |
| 14 | University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) | Benin City, Edo |
| 15 | University of Calabar Teaching Hospital | Calabar, Cross River |
| 16 | University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital | Ilorin, Kwara |
| 17 | University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital | Maiduguri, Borno |
| 18 | University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) | Enugu |
| 19 | University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) | Port Harcourt, Rivers |
| 20 | University of Uyo Teaching Hospital | Uyo, Akwa Ibom |
| 21 | Usmanu Danfodio Teaching Hospital | Sokoto |
Federal Medical Centres (FMCs)
| S/N | FMC Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FMC Abeokuta | Ogun |
| 2 | FMC Asaba | Delta |
| 3 | FMC Azare | Bauchi |
| 4 | FMC Bida | Niger |
| 5 | FMC Birnin Kebbi | Kebbi |
| 6 | FMC Birnin Kudu | Jigawa |
| 7 | FMC Ebute-Metta | Lagos |
| 8 | FMC Gusau | Zamfara |
| 9 | FMC Jalingo | Taraba |
| 10 | FMC Jabi | Abuja |
| 11 | FMC Katsina | Katsina |
| 12 | FMC Keffi | Nasarawa |
| 13 | FMC Lokoja | Kogi |
| 14 | FMC Makurdi | Benue |
| 15 | FMC Nguru | Yobe |
| 16 | FMC Owerri | Imo |
| 17 | FMC Owo | Ondo |
| 18 | FMC Umuahia | Abia |
| 19 | FMC Yenagoa | Bayelsa |
| 20 | FMC Yola | Adamawa |
Specialist/National Centres
| S/N | Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Hospital | Abuja |
| 2 | National Obstetrics Fistula Center | Ebonyi |
THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAS BEEN MADE TO THIS LIST:
1. FETHA was changed to Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki
3. FMC OWERRI was changed to Federal University Teaching Hospital, Owerri.
4. David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital (DUFUTH) has been added (2024)
5. Rasheed Shekoni University Teaching Hospital has been added to the portal (2025)
6. FMC ONITSHA (2026)
You will be given two weeks from that day to appear in the hospital for documentation and resumption of duty. It is advisable to go as early as you can, to enable you to secure accommodation and settle in before you are posted to a unit.
Your first salary would drop the 2nd week of the next month, and for those that got through the MDCN portal there is #267,000
Monthly Hazard Allowance is #27,000, If added, your monthly salary becomes #267,000 Monthly