Twelve of the 30 pioneer medical students of the University of
Abuja ( UNIABUJA ), who enrolled in 2005, failed their final
examinations, an official has said.
Mr Waziri Garba, Deputy Registrar UNIABUJA in charge of
Information and Publications, made this known in an interview in
Abuja on Monday.
He said that results of the students’ final professional
examinations, released on Nov. 24, showed that five of the 18
successful medical students passed with distinction in surgery.
Garba said that the 18 successful students would be inducted on
Dec. 2.
According to him, the induction is significant since the
students were the first set.
“The induction ceremony, which will hold at the main campus of
the university, will feature a lecture by a renowned member of the
medical profession, Prof. Adetokumbo Ademola.
“Ademola is a Professor of Public Health, Obstetrics and
Gynaecology,’’ he said.
Garba said that the pioneer Provost of the University’s College
of Health Sciences, Prof. Jam Otubu, would be honoured at the
event.
NAN reports that the pioneer medical students could not graduate
all the while due to non-accreditation the university’s medicine
and surgery course, by the National Universities Commission.
The course has, however, secured full accreditation.
The then Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, in April
2012, announced suspension of medicine, agriculture, veterinary
medicine and engineering courses in the university, after a panel
set up to assess needs of universities visited the institution.
The students had sometimes staged peaceful protests against
their continued stay in school, demanding to be transferred to
other universities.
NAN
Twelve of the 30 pioneer medical students of the University of
Abuja ( UNIABUJA ), who enrolled in 2005, failed their final
examinations, an official has said.
Mr Waziri Garba, Deputy Registrar UNIABUJA in charge of
Information and Publications, made this known in an interview in
Abuja on Monday.
He said that results of the students’ final professional
examinations, released on Nov. 24, showed that five of the 18
successful medical students passed with distinction in surgery.
Garba said that the 18 successful students would be inducted on
Dec. 2.
According to him, the induction is significant since the
students were the first set.
“The induction ceremony, which will hold at the main campus of
the university, will feature a lecture by a renowned member of the
medical profession, Prof. Adetokumbo Ademola.
“Ademola is a Professor of Public Health, Obstetrics and
Gynaecology,’’ he said.
Garba said that the pioneer Provost of the University’s College
of Health Sciences, Prof. Jam Otubu, would be honoured at the
event.
NAN reports that the pioneer medical students could not graduate
all the while due to non-accreditation the university’s medicine
and surgery course, by the National Universities Commission.
The course has, however, secured full accreditation.
The then Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, in April
2012, announced suspension of medicine, agriculture, veterinary
medicine and engineering courses in the university, after a panel
set up to assess needs of universities visited the institution.
The students had sometimes staged peaceful protests against
their continued stay in school, demanding to be transferred to
other universities.
NAN
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