On Thursday, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde launched a Special Task Force at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso to work toward the accreditation of all of the institution’s medical programmes.
He declared, “We are committed to ending brain drain in the medical profession and keep up with policies that will back it up.”
Makinde made this statement while launching a task force in his office’s executive council chambers in Ibadan.
He claimed that his administration was totally dedicated to establishing policies and leaving a lasting legacy that would stop the brain drain from the medical field.
He explained that his administration had been laying the groundwork for doctors who had left the nation to soon come back and practise in Nigeria.
According to him, the duty of the task force members are to ensure that all conditions set to enable the accreditation of the medical programmes, as stipulated by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), are met.
The governor, who expressed confidence in the ability of the task force members also implored them to carry out the assignment with excellence.
He noted that the task force was to ensure these requirements were implemented.
He said there might be other things which the MDCN was not paying attention to that would make those programmes run effectively and the product from LAUTECH to be one of the best in the country.
“We are assured that you will deliver this assignment in the shortest possible time.
“I will ask that you perform this assignment with the same degree of excellence and devotion that you have come to be known for and diligently deliver on the mandate we are giving to you,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Prof. Juwon Arotiba chairs the task force while Dr
Adefemi Afolabi, Prof. Olawale Olakulehin, Prof. Adewale Adeyemi, Mrs C.A. Abioye, Dr Olusoji Adeyanju, Mr Olufisayo Ogunjinmi and Dr Kayode Ogunleye are members.(NAN)