The Benue State University has at last produced
it first graduating medical students. The students
who have spent more than 10 years on a six
years course as a result of the government
inability to get the Benue State University
College of Health Science accredited were
grateful for Governor Ortom’s timely intervention
in their plight.

They expressed this appreciation in separate
interviews after completing their examination
today.

Chairman and former President of the Medical
Students, Dr Moses Terfa Asue, said they
remained eternally grateful to the Governor.

“We thank God for the able leadership of
Governor Ortom and appreciate the urgent steps
he took towards alleviating our predicament of
chronic stagnation,” he stated.

“As a class, we are pleased that he
demonstrated his commitment by matching his
words of mouth with action.”

Dr. Asue, 30, hails from Vandeikya local
government area.He enrolled into the medical
programme in the 2003/2004 academic session
and would have graduated in 2009.

His class mate, Dr Odejo John Omale, 34, who
hails from Otukpo local government area, stated
that “better is the end of a matter than the
beginning as Governor Ortom had made our
graduation possible through his personal
commitment to breaking the jinx that held us
back.”

According to him, “It takes long to embrace the
reality of freedom as our graduation today
seemed to us as a joke having stagnated for
long.”

Dr Abigail Avadoo Ngaji, 30, who hails from Ukum
local government area said she enrolled at the
same time with the two graduates saying if
things had been normal she would have
graduated at the age of 26.She said she was
very grateful for the personal commitment of
Governor Ortom.

Dr Usha Anenga, classmate of the three who
hails from Katsina Ala local government
associated himself with the position of his
mates.

“I am very grateful and excited that our suffering
for too long ended today and I thank Governor
Ortom for his leadership which is capable of
bringing Benue out of the woods,” he stated.”The
past administration didn’t hit the hammer on the
nail as Ortom did, though they tried.”
The Governor of Benue State in a telephone
conversation congratulated the graduating
students and wished them well.

“When I came in, I shared in their plight and
ensured that their accreditation was done. I
promise to continue in this light as education and
health remain key to human development.”

However, Dr A Cornelius, also a graduating
student of the College of Heath Sciences
disagreed that the accreditation was Governor’s
achievement. According to him Governor
Suswam did all he could to get the College
accredited. He simply ran out of time only for
Ortom to come in and take his glory.

” If you should ask Ortom, he will tell you not to
include accreditation of medical health in his
achievements. Am a student in the College of
Health Science that is why I want to clarify
issues here. Accreditation in CHS is not some
thing you can do in a day. Suswam did everything
possible to ensure he graduates the pioneering
class. He built the hospital and disbursed funds
needed for accreditation. Even before he left, the
money he remitted for the project was under
VC’s care. Just that some persons have been
made to be glorified and others to be cursed if
not Suswam deserves kudos for this
accreditation and that is why we the medical
students in BSU will remain indebted to him, I
don’t know about the other achievements of
Ortom.I want to quickly add here that truth is
truth, it can not be hidden no matter how one
tries to hide it. The entire Benue people are
aware that Suswam is the reason why school of
medical health science BSU is proud of being
graduating her first set of graduates today, so let
nobody takes glory for what he does not bargain
for.” He said.

source: www.idomapeopleofnigeria.com/photo-news-at-last-benue-state-university-produces-medical-graduates-graduate-appreciates-ortoms-efforts/


cc: Lalasticlala

Eeyah.. E kpele o

Congratulation to the pioneering medics, it was truly a long journey... This would go a long way in motivating the other upcoming medics...