SPECIAL PRESS RELEASE
RESTORATION OF ACCREDITATION TO THE OBA OKUNADE SIJUADE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES BY THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA
The University has received communication from the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) restoring the accreditation of the medical programme of Igbinedion University Okada, which was withdrawn in 2010. The letter to the Vice Chancellor dated 9th May 2011, (reference number MDCN/713/vol.11/180), which was signed by the Registrar to the Council, Dr A.A. Ibrahim, stated as follows:
“Following the re-accreditation visitation to your College of Health Sciences on Tuesday 12th April 2011 by the team from the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria in which the facilities and personnel in the College and the Teaching Hospital were inspected and appraised, I hereby on behalf of the Council convey the lifting of the withdrawal sanction on your MBBS programme by Council
with immediate effect”.
This is against the backdrop of substantial compliance with established criteria, which MDCN noted to include the efforts of the University Administration at addressing issues of qualitative medical education at Igbinedion University.
The Registrar congratulated Igbinedion University on behalf of the Council for the restoration of accreditation.
Signed
Mr. Edwin O. Okoro
Registrar
