FMC Set to Become FUNAAB’s Medical Teaching Hospital
By Kusoro Jeremiah
Management of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba,
Abeokuta, has expressed its readiness to become the Teaching
Hospital of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
(FUNAAB), by the time it attains its desired conventional status.
This was disclosed when the management of FMC paid a visit to
FUNAAB.
The Chief Medical Director of FMC, Abeokuta, Dr. Dapo
Sotiloye,who led the delegation recalled the history of the
establishment of the University College, which was initially meant
to be sited in Abeokuta, but was relocated to Ibadan.
He said he received the proposal of FUNAAB going conventional
with joy, noting that with the personnel and equipment of FMC; it
will be easy for the University to run a standard Teaching
Hospital, promising that “whatever is demanded of us within our
powers, we would not hesitate to do it”.
While welcoming the FMC team, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Olusola Oyewole, said the University has had the vision of going
conventional for years, adding that merely going conventional
was not enough but having the capability to create better access
to higher education.
“Our vision is to contribute to the development of our people and
one of the various ways that we want to do that is by ensuring
that while agriculture remains the flagship of our University, we
go into other areas of life that would promote development of
our people”.
According Prof. Oyewole the University had already received a
letter of support from Royal Fathers in Egbaland, adding that the
Academic Planning Directorate of FUNAAB had also been directed
to ensure the effective take-off of the conventional programmes
to be run by University.
Present at the parley were Professor Waheed Adekojo, FUNAAB’s
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Dr. Dolapo Akisanya,
Head, Clinical Services, FMC, Abeokuta.
