Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has applauded the decision by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to approve final accreditation for Osun State University, Osogbo, to graduate medical students.
Receiving the news of the accreditation during a visit by the Registrar of the Council, Prof. Fatimah Kyari, and the accreditation team at the Government House in Osogbo, the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, promised the university more support to attain higher levels of academic excellence.
A statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, and obtained in Osogbo on Saturday, quoted the governor as welcoming the development.
Earlier, Prof. Kyari, who was represented by the Deputy Registrar, Dr. Nnaemeka Nwakanma, commended Adeleke for providing the necessary equipment required for the final accreditation of the College of Medicine of UNIOSUN within a record seven years.
He said, “This team has just approved and granted final full accreditation to the medical school. It didn’t come easy.”
He added that the council, since its establishment in 1963, had never compromised standards in the regulation of the training of medical personnel capable of competing globally.
“Until three months ago, Obafemi Awolowo University’s admission quota was 100, which was what was approved for UNIOSUN in 2023.
“University of Lagos, which was established in the ’60s, has 150 admission quota for medical students till date despite its decades of existence. Sir, the oldest university in Nigeria, the 76-year-old University of Ibadan that was ranked No. 4 in Commonwealth nations in the 70s, has a quota capacity of 180, even though the university limited its capacity to 120.
“The requirements considered in allocating admission quota include manpower, human resources available, capacity of the facilities, laboratories, and the state of facilities in the hospitals, and whether they have what it takes to train students,” added.
Responding, Adeleke expressed happiness at the accreditation and assured the MDCN team that his administration would continue to support the institution.
He promised that the university’s admission capacity for medicine and related courses would double before the next accreditation exercise.
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