The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, Ph.D., has said that the administration of Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori is rendering assistance to the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Kwale, in several ways.
He made the disclosure on Wednesday in Asaba when he received on courtesy call a delegation from the Federal Ministry of Health, led by the Director of Hospital Services, Dr. Bisola Adegoke.
According to Sir Onyeme, “I want to assure you that the state government is willing to work with the Federal Government in ensuring that the university comes to stay.
”Since the creation of the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Kwale, there has been a lot of documentation, and infrastructural development has been going on; our government, led by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, is assisting the university in a lot of ways.
”I want to assure you that the government will continue to assist Federal Government agencies, including the university, because it is of benefit to us as a people,” Sir Onyeme said.
Earlier, Dr. Adegoke told the Deputy Governor and other top government functionaries who witnessed the event that the visit was to assess facilities at the Central Hospital, Kwale, on the directive of the Minister of Health, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, with a view to converting it into the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences Teaching Hospital, Kwale.
”The Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Kwale, is meant to train medical students, and for medical students to be properly trained, there is a need for a teaching hospital, so, the Minister of Health directed us to do an assessment of the Central Hospital to know what is on ground in terms of infrastructure, equipment, and the personnel which the Delta State government has proposed to cede as a teaching hospital for the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences.”
