ABIA: NMA Blames Govt Over Loss Of Accreditation For ABSU Medical School

“The NUC ensures teaching facilities are adequate for the number of Medical students admitted. These facilities include lecture rooms, laboratories, museums, teaching aides, teaching hospital etc. The NUC also looks into the staff distribution and qualifications.


“With challenges affecting service delivery in the Teaching Hospital, it is not surprising that NUC accreditation was withdrawn, although other factors might also be responsible.

“For a considerable period of time, the Teaching Hospital, ABSUTH, has been plagued by interrupted operations due to agitations and industrial actions by the workers over irregular payment of salaries.

“Currently as at end of April 2022, the staff in the ABSUTH are owed 25 months’ salary arrears. The Resident Medical Doctors have been on cumulative 18months strike, other health workers are also on strike while a few of the Doctors, mainly the Consultants, Medical officers and Locum staff, though not officially on strike, are largely not working as the work environment is not in order.

“The labour unions have made several failed attempts to resolve this. The Nigerian Medical Association at both state and National levels, over the last 18 months, have met with the State Governor for a record five times.

“If only the Government and its agencies have listened and collaborated with NMA and other unions and the needful done, this loss of accreditation would have been avoided.”