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UniAbuja medicine, veterinary medicine, engineering to go –Panel

September 22, 2012 by John Alechenu, Abuja  

 

The undergraduates currently studying medicine, veterinary medicine and engineering in the University of Abuja may have to go elsewhere to complete their education.
This, however, is subject to the Federal Government’s acceptance of the recommendations by its Special Visitation Panel.
One of the key recommendations of the report submitted to the government is that all unapproved programmes run by the school should be discontinued.
The chairman of the 45-member panel, Theo Chike Osanakpo (SAN), said this while presenting the 300-page report to the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, in her office, on Friday.
He said the panel observed that the condition of facilities on the two campuses of the institution fell short of what was expected of a university.
The panel described the situation in the mini campus as a mockery of the university system.
The report showed that in terms of  physical infrastructure, the master plan of the university should have been fully attained by 2025, instead of a mere six percent on the ground, as the institution enjoyed an income of N35bn in its 24 years of existence.
Osanakpo said, “Having overhauled all the programmes in the institution, we recommend that the university should not run the programmes that are not duly approved for it.
“Also, we looked at the administration of the institution. We examined it, starting from the tenure of the first vice-chancellor, Prof. Isa Mohammed to the current vice-chancellor, Prof. Adelabu, and we also looked at the performance of the respective governing councils from inception till date.
“You will recall that when we were inaugurated on 25 July, 2012, our first assignment was to look at the financial audit.
“Upon examination of the financial audit, the total amount of money from 1988 to 2012 that came into University of Abuja was about N35bn.
“The more important thing is that, not withstanding this amount of money, our findings, observations and recommendations are that financial prudence must be enthroned.”

SOURCE: The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper22 September 2012.