Benue State University (BSU) Makurdi is among the 18 Nigerian universities to benefit from the Federal Government of Nigeria’s N110 billion investment towards enhancing the study of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and nursing.
This development was disclosed by the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, while inaugurating the ministerial committee on TETFund High Impact Intervention Project for Medical Schools Rehabilitation Across the Six Geo-political Zones on Tuesday, 29th April, in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“Today, we are deploying over 100 billion in our medical institutions across the country. This N110 billion includes N70 billion on rehabilitation of our medical institutions,” he said.
According to the minister, the move would lead to a massive increase in enrolment for the four medical science programmes. The investment is expected to run for five years consecutively and hit N1.5 trillion after five years.
“With the investment today, in five years, we would have invested N1.5 trillion in our medical education,” Dr. Alausa said, adding that it would also see to the establishment of eight simulation laboratories across the six geo-political zones.
BSU and the other beneficiary institutions would receive approximately N4 billion, including N750 million for hostel construction.
Among the beneficiary universities for the TETFund High Impact Intervention Project for Medical Schools Rehabilitation are BSU, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Bayelsa State University, University of Lagos, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Benin and Imo State University, Owerri.
Others are University of Medical Sciences Ondo, University of Ibadan, Umar Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina, University of Nigeria, Nssuka, and University of Calabar.
The list also includes Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, University of Jos, University of Ilorin, University of Maiduguri, Uthman Danfodio University Sokoto, and Gombe State University.
