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The Bill seeking for the establishment of the Federal University of Medical and Environmental Sciences in Iyin-Ekiti, has received the blessings of Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, and the host community.
The Permanent Secretary, Ekiti State Ministry of Health, Pastor Akinjide Akinleye, gave the disclosure, on Thursday, while speaking at the public hearing on the proposed specialised institution.
The Bill for the Medical University sponsored by Senator representing Ekiti Central, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, had since passed second reading.
Pastor Akinleye said the Ekiti State government was anxious to see the Bill passed third reading and receive presidential assent.
He said: “We place on record our sincere appreciation to the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for counting Iyin Ekiti worthy of being the host of the proposed University.
“We say it loud and clear that the good people of Iyin and their neighbours are very much expectant of the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences.
“It is also important to note that the Ekiti State governor and chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr John Kayode Fayemi, is willing to mobilise the support of the state government for the institution as would be required.”
Earlier in his presentation, sponsor of the Bill and Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Opeyemi Bamidele said the university when established, would be delivering education and training to current and future employees of the medical profession.
He said: “The goal of the university is to inspire and motivate students and medical personnel about the value of being health professionals so as to lead change for realizing a more sustainable health sector that serves a more sustainable world.
“The very essence of this Bill is to provide a highly specialised institution that are more productive and very much needed for medical advancement of this nation.”
The lawmaker further expressed the hope that the proposed Medical institution would “help in transforming the health and educational fortunes in Nigeria in producing the desired medical manpower and expertise that the country is yearning for.”
He noted that such specialised school would “act as agents and catalysts, through postgraduate training, research and innovation for the effective and economic utilization, exploitation and conservation of Nigeria’s natural, economic and human resources.”
Earlier in his remarks, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, described the proposed university as a specialised institution needed to broaden research, training and general fortunes of the health sector.
By Taiwo Amodu,
Nigerian Tribune