The Federal Authorities has introduced that it’s looking for investments of N1.5 trillion within the nation’s medical schooling throughout the subsequent 5 years.
That is even because it has allotted over N110 billion to 18 public universities to spice up enrollment into Drugs and Surgical procedure, Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Nursing programmes.
Minister of Training, Dr. Tunji Alausa, acknowledged this on Tuesday in Abuja through the inauguration of the Ministerial Committee on TETFund Excessive Affect Intervention Challenge for medical colleges’ rehabilitation throughout the six geopolitical zones.
Particularly, the minister mentioned the administration is deploying over N110 billion naira funding in 18 medical establishments throughout the nation within the first yr.
Giving a breakdown of the quantity, the minister disclosed {that a} N70 billion funding could be for rehabilitating medical establishments within the 18 establishments, N15 billion in constructing new hostels for every of the colleges, in addition to medical simulation laboratories in six of the establishments.
In line with the minister, every of the 18 establishments will get N4 billion, together with N750 million every to construct new hostels.
The panel is chaired by Prof. Sulaiman Alabi.
The benefiting establishments embody the College of Jos; Ahmadu Bello College, Zaria; College of Benin; College of Ibadan; Imo State College; College of Medical Sciences, Ondo State; Umaru Musa Yar’Adua College, Katsina State; College of Calabar; Benue State College; and College of Maiduguri.
Others are Abubakar Tafawa Balewa College; Gombe State College; College of Nigeria, Nsukka; Nnamdi Azikiwe College; Bayelsa State College; and Usmanu Danfodiyo College, Sokoto.
Alausa mentioned, “The rehabilitation of medical colleges could have a profound influence on the standard of medical schooling in Nigeria. This intervention will: improve studying amenities. Modernised lecture rooms, laboratories, and scientific coaching amenities will present college students with a conducive surroundings for studying.
“Superior analysis amenities and tools will allow medical college students and college to conduct analysis that may drive medical improvements and deal with well being challenges particular to Nigeria.
“Properly-trained medical professionals will contribute to higher healthcare outcomes throughout the nation, notably in underserved areas.
“By upgrading the requirements of medical schooling in Nigeria, we are going to appeal to worldwide partnerships, collaboration, and recognition, positioning our nation as a frontrunner in medical coaching and healthcare excellence.”
In his remarks, the Government Secretary, Tertiary Training Belief Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, famous that the aim is to enhance medical faculty infrastructure, improve capability, and produce extra healthcare professionals.
“The establishing of this committee was conceived as a part of the Hon. Minister’s initiative to boost the Nigerian schooling system, particularly the medical colleges, by utilising the TETFund Excessive Affect Intervention Tasks effectively and successfully to deal with vital nationwide wants within the well being sector. This has been designed to enhance infrastructure in medical colleges, by means of the rehabilitation of lecture theatres and laboratory amenities, thereby enhancing capability to absorb and produce extra medical doctors, nurses, dentists, and pharmacists for the nation.
“There may be completely little doubt that the intervention will go a great distance in fixing among the challenges dealing with the well being sector within the nation. The availability of vital manpower within the well being sector stays an enormous problem. The issues of inadequate and unqualified medical personnel have lingered for much too lengthy. The challenges of ill-equipped medical amenities have additionally persevered. It’s for these causes that the intervention is taken into account not solely vital but additionally well timed.”
