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Hearing Begins Today As Medical Students Sue UNILAG by promise4040: 7:05am On Mar 22, 2016 |
Some 100-level medical students at the
University of Lagos have urged a Federal High
Court in Lagos to quash the decision of the
university’s Senate, which allegedly changed
the academic requirement needed by them to
proceed to 200-level.
The students, numbering about 31, claimed
that the decision taken by the university’s
Senate on January 27 was “an attempt to weed
them out of the university.”
Already, the case has been assigned to Justice
Sule Hassan, who has fixed hearing for Tuesday
(today).
The students accused the university of raising
the academic requirement in order to
accommodate diploma students, who allegedly
paid N500,000 to the institution’s College of
Medicine.
The aggrieved students, through their lawyer,
Mr. Jiti Ogunye, therefore, urged the court to
declare the Senate decision as a nullity.
They, among others, also sought an order of
certiorari “removing and reviewing the
decision.”
The students explained that they were
admitted to the university in the 2014/2015
academic year to studyMedicine and Surgery,
Dentistry, Medical Laboratory Science,
Nursing, Physiotherapy, Pharmacology,
Physiology and Radiography.
According to them, their admission followed
their successful performance in the Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the
post-UTME set by the university.
They claimed that upon being admitted to the
university, the academic requirements they
needed to proceed to the second year were
clearly stated in the Faculty of Science pre-
Medical and Pharmacy Programmes
2014-2016 Information Handbook made
available to them.
They added, “The said revision was not carried
out with noble and genuine intentions to
enhance academic standards in the MBBS and
other medical programmes in the College of
Medicine.
“It was also not for the reason of adherence to
the admission quota of either the National
Universities Commission or of the Medical and
Dental Council of Nigeria for the MBBS in the
College of Medicine, (which is 150 for the
College of Medicine).
“It was for the purpose of creating admission
spaces for foundational course students who
are given (or more appropriately sold)
admission into the MBBS and other medical
programmes upon participating in a one-year
programme organised by a Joint Unified
Preliminary Examination Board for which they
paid to the university a minimum total fee of
N400,000 per session.
“The said payment is part of the internally
generated revenue of the university, a stream
of revenue which has attracted wide criticism
in the university system in Nigeria, for lack of
transparency and accountability in its
management.” www.punchng.com/hearing-begins-today-as-medical-students-sue-unilag/ |
Re: Hearing Begins Today As Medical Students Sue UNILAG by amtaken(f): 7:17am On Mar 22, 2016 |
Let me re-read, perhaps I can understand it more. |
Re: Hearing Begins Today As Medical Students Sue UNILAG by ozy4christ(f): 8:01am On Mar 22, 2016 |
Corruptiön everywhere even in health dept.oh pmb,what have u done |
Re: Hearing Begins Today As Medical Students Sue UNILAG by BillzCarter(m): 8:02am On Mar 22, 2016 |
What a brave step! |
Re: Hearing Begins Today As Medical Students Sue UNILAG by babyfaceafrica: 9:24am On Mar 22, 2016 |
Greatest Akokite!!!!!....nice school...they just like money die!!!! |
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