Akeredolu Links Achievements in Health Sector to Infrastructure Devt

Fidelis David in Akure

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said the outstanding successes recorded by his administration in the health sector are predicated on the infrastructural development drive by his government.

Akeredolu, who explained that 36 graduate nurses who were awarded the Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSc) degrees from the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), and recorded 100 percent success in their national examination, stress that two state-owned institutions make top 10 in the recent NUC rankings.

In a statement made available to journalists in Akure yesterday by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, Akeredolu revealed that the graduates were thereafter inducted into the Nursing Profession on December 1, 2021.

He said: “This is even as the Pharmacy Technician course in the state College of Health Technology, Akure, has been granted full accreditation of five years having met the acceptable levels of quality pre-requisite set by Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN).

“The students also recorded 100 percent success in the national examination, and this has consequently increased the

admission quota from 40 to 50.

“In the same vein, the students of the same institution (Health Technology) who sat for the National Medical Laboratory Technician and the Community Health Extension Worker in Training examination recorded the overall best result in Nigeria. 108 and 125 students presented for the Council and Board Examinations respectively all passed the examinations.”

The governor noted that UNIMED emerged fourth in the National University Commission (NUC) ranking as one of the best 10 state-owned universities in the country, just as the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, came ninth position.

According to him, “These achievements are made possible by the determination and commitment of the governor to promoting functional and quality education in the face of dwindling financial resources as well as the inherited burden of decay over the years.

“The successes are also predicated on the infrastructural development drive by the Akeredolu-led administration in the two institutions that has resulted in bridging human resource gap with well trained and qualified health workers, especially in the health sector.”