accreditation of the medical and dental schools in the University of
Benin and Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State.
This was announced by the Chairman of MDCN, Dr. Roger Makanjuola, at the
inauguration of the council’s new secretariat building in Abuja on
Monday. Makanjuola said the accreditation was withdrawn because both
universities had inadequate medical facilities and had more students
than they could properly train.
He said, “In recent years, it had been observed that a number of training institutions have failed to
maintain the prescribed standards and many have also admitted numbers
of students far in excess of what they can meaningfully train...
“Recently, the accreditation of two training institutions was withdrawn. More are
to follow. Let me take this opportunity to state that those institutions
whose accreditation was withdrawn must stop admitting students. The
council will also not register purported graduates from these
institutions.”
He also said the council was concerned by unsubstantiated claims by many persons that they could cure different
kinds of ailments. Makanjuola described such claims as ineffective and
dangerous and could harm those patronising the claimants.
