The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja (UniAbuja),
Prof. Michael Adikwu, said the institution had full
accreditation to offer courses in agriculture,
engineering and veterinary medicine.
Adikwu disclosed this at a forum of the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said that the initial accreditation challenge
experienced by the institution had been overcome.
“Let me start with agriculture. That was one of the
courses that were problematic; we have full
accreditation for that now; so we don’t have problem
in that area,” he said.
“Before I came on board, there was also a problem
with engineering; some of the students were farmed
out, sent to other universities.
“So, they (the university) had some contact with them
and there were few courses they needed to come
back and complete and that has been done, and we
have graduated two sets put together.
“So, we do not have problem with that currently,” he
said.
On veterinary medicine, Adikwu said that the issue
with the course had been sorted out and that the
department had started graduating students.
He said that the only department in the university yet
to be accredited was medicine, adding that it was
being expected. “They have had the first
accreditation; they were successful.
“For medicine, you have to do serial accreditations;
they needed to do one for the basic clinical sciences
and then the final accreditation.
“So, we are preparing for that and very soon, they too
will cross the fence,” he explained.
He said that the university had acquired the basic
infrastructure needed for teaching medical students,
adding that the institution presently had three sets of
students ready for graduation.
The vice chancellor disclosed that the university
recently lost its accreditation for law and
microbiology programmes because it overshot its
admission quota.
He explained that the loss of accreditation for the
courses could only stop the university from admitting
fresh students for them, adding, however, that the
matter would be resolved soon.
He said that the loss of accreditation for law was
because the number of students admitted for the
programme was high.
According to him, the Council for Legal Education
said we should admit 100 students but we were
admitting more than 400. “I know of some other
universities which are taking 700 students and they
also lost accreditation. Once that is corrected, we will
get our accreditation back,” Adikwu said.
“We also do not have accreditation for microbiology;
I do not think that it is punitive; I think that it is
corrective.
“Once the number of our students normalises, we
will get our accreditation back,” he stated.
The vice-chancellor, however, said that the corrective
measure would not affect the students currently in
the law and microbiology programmes, stating that
they would graduate soon.
According to him, our Faculty of Law is doing very
well as it has performed wonderfully in both local
and international completions.
www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/07/22/uniabuja-gets-accreditation-for-medicine-engineering-others/

Better wait for people scape goats to launch and certify before u put ur kids here. Despite having issues with her accreditation of some programs last year, why would people still enrol?

worst university in Nigeria