Bingham University has recorded a major breakthrough in its academic programme, following the accreditation of the University’s College of Health Sciences by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, (MDCN).

In a letter conveying the approval to the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Samuel Leonard Kursim – Fwa, the MDCN Registrar Dr. Abdulmumini Ibrahim noted that the certification of Bingham University College of Health Sciences was as a result of the outstanding quality of training personnel and facilities in the University which met the minimum requirement for the training and award of the Bachelor of Medicine, MB and Bachelor of Surgery, BS degree.

The approval which was made available to newsmen at college campus in Jos Tuesday, reads in part, “Council at the 4th plenary session on Thursday 20th November, 2014 in Abuja deliberated on the report of the verification visitation team to your University on Friday 7th November, 2014. Having met the minimum requirement for the training and award of the MB. MS degree, I hereby convey to you approval for the final accreditation of the College of Health Sciences.”

The accreditation is valid for a period of five years after which it would be subjected to another validation process.

With the accreditation of the College of Health Sciences, Bingham University has become the second private University to be granted full accreditation by the Medical and Dental Council and now join the few elite Nigerian Universities to attain this feat.

Vice Chancellor of Bingham University, Pro. Fwa, who was visibly happy with the MDCN approval, thanked God for securing the certification during his tenure and promised to improve on upgrading other academic programmes in the University.

He disclosed that with the accreditation of the College of Health Sciences now granted, three sets of medical students awaiting the outcome of the verification exercise are now free to graduate as soon as they pass their final examinations.

“I can recall that Bingham University is one of the few Universities in Nigeria that commenced academic activities with the medical school in pursuant of the vision of her founding fathers Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) whose evangelical focus had been on the provision of primary to tertiary health and education services.

“There is no doubt that this success recorded is as a result of the massive transformation going on in the general physical development of the University Campuses,” he said.
Source: .com.ng