University of Abuja medical students have sought for transfer to other universities, saying they have lost faith in the Vice-chancellor Professor James Adelabu.
The students, who were at the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja yesterday, said they were deceived by the Vice-chancellor into believing most requirements needed to accredit the medical course would have been provided in three months but that was yet to happen.
President of the medical students association Uche Anyanwu told journalists that no new equipment had been brought in, staff had not been recruited, the multipurpose laboratory was yet to be completed and students were yet to be moved into the hostel. He said these were the requirements needed to get the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Medical & Dental Council of Nigeria to accredit the programme.
Anyanwu said they had approached the Vice-chancellor who initially granted them audience but in recent times has refused to see them.
He said the students would spend the night at the ministry to further press their demands.
He said the students were at the ministry to report back to the Minister of Education Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i after three months based on the agreement reached on April 12 and pleaded with her to order their transfer to other universities.
The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr. Ben Ibe, who addressed the students, told them that the minister had travelled to Katsina while the Minister of State Barrister Nyesom Wike was out of the country, noting that he was not in a position to speak on the matter.
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