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WE WILL SOON CURB MEDICAL TOURISM ? PRESIDENT BUHARI

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President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the high-level medical manpower needed to curb medical tourism in the country will soon be achieved.

 

Speaking on Monday July 18 at the groundbreaking for the construction of the Administrative/Senate Building, College of Medicine building and Principal Officers Quarters at the permanent site of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo (FUHSO) in Otukpo, Benue State, Buhari who was represented by the Minister of Education, Prof. Adamu Adamu, said he’s impressed that the university’s management had hit the ground running and has no doubt that the desired impact of producing high-level medical manpower as well as curbing medical tourism will be achieved in no distant time.

 

Buhari also said that his administration recently approved the sum of N3billion as a high-impact intervention fund through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Tetfund) for FUHSO to further enhance infrastructural development that will provide enabling environment for teaching, learning, research and innovation.

 

The President also commended the Minister of Education, National Universities Commission (NUC), Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and Ministries of Agriculture and Natural Resources for assisting the new university move speedily to commence academic programmes within one year of its operation.

 

 

 

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the high-level medical manpower needed to curb medical tourism in the country will soon be achieved.

 

Speaking on Monday July 18 at the groundbreaking for the construction of the Administrative/Senate Building, College of Medicine building and Principal Officers Quarters at the permanent site of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo (FUHSO) in Otukpo, Benue State, Buhari who was represented by the Minister of Education, Prof. Adamu Adamu, said he’s impressed that the university’s management had hit the ground running and has no doubt that the desired impact of producing high-level medical manpower as well as curbing medical tourism will be achieved in no distant time.

 

Buhari also said that his administration recently approved the sum of N3billion as a high-impact intervention fund through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Tetfund) for FUHSO to further enhance infrastructural development that will provide enabling environment for teaching, learning, research and innovation.

 

The President also commended the Minister of Education, National Universities Commission (NUC), Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and Ministries of Agriculture and Natural Resources for assisting the new university move speedily to commence academic programmes within one year of its operation.

 

 

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