The New Experience Newspapers Online News Indepth, Analysis and More
Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has charged Nigerian universities to expand the scope of their research, not only for breakthroughs in the medical line but for good showing on webometric ranking.
Fayemi spoke at the Ekiti State University (EKSU) yesterday during the maiden induction ceremony of the first 43 doctors produced by the institution.
The governor said the new set of doctors produced by EKSU College of Medicine would boost the healthcare policy of his government.
He went down memory lane: “I am particularly happy about the outstanding performances of these doctors in their final examinations. I was reliably told that the inductees recorded 100 per cent in their examinations with a distinction in their MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) examinations.
“The first executive governor of this state, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, started the idea of a College of Medicine for EKSU in 2001. But in 2004, it came to an abrupt end, because the government then didn’t believe the state could fund a medical college at that time.
“But in 2008, Segun Oni started the process of re-establishing the college and I want to thank Oni for signing the bill that re-established the college to law.
“Medical education is held in high esteem all over the world. This is expected, because it touches the lives of human beings. I am convinced that these new doctors will contribute to our healthcare policy. Ekiti is ready to employ as many as possible among them that are ready to work in the state.”
EKSU acting vice chancellor, Prof. Olubunmi Ajayi, said when the university was at a crossroads, especially when finance made failure to stare the university in the face, Governor Fayemi came to its rescue. “If not for this intervention, this epoch-making event could not have been possible.
“Even the wife of the governor, Bisi Fayemi, paid the tuition fees of some of these doctors when finance was becoming a problem,” she said.
Registrar of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCAN), Dr. Tajudeen Sanusi, administered the oath on the new doctors, warning that whoever flouted the rules guiding medical profession would be sanctioned.
The Provost, EKSU College of Medicine, Prof. Kehinde Oluwadiya, said the doctors had got the best of training, which accounted for the 100 per cent pass recorded in their final examinations.
Emmanuel Bankole emerged the best graduating student with distinction in Surgery and Clinical Pathology.
