AAU Suspends Three Principal Officers
The management of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, has confirmed the suspension of the Provost of the institution’s College of Medicine, Mr. Godfrey Iyalomhe, and two other principal officers of the college over allegations of financial impropriety and abuse of office.
Other officers who were suspended along with Mr. Iyalomhe are the Acting Dean, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Harrison Otamere, and the Head of Department of Nursing, Ifeanyi Nwadike.
The new development came barely three weeks after the suspended provost approved an internal memo threatening that medical students would lose their studentship if they failed to pay a mandatory N50,000 hostel construction fee.
The university management in a memo signed by an administrative official and Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the institution, Mr. Lawrence Isiraojie, noted that the decision was taken to allow independent investigations into the petitions by students and staff of the university against the provost and the other two officials of the college.
Hostel fee
On 5th of July, an internal memo containing the threat to the students was shared by sources in the college. It was personally signed by the provost, Mr. Iyalomhe, a professor, with a strict warning that failure to heed the instruction would earn the defaulters dismissal in the case of old students and withdrawal of admission in the case of fresh students.
Many sources confirmed that the decision forced some fresh students to reconsider the admission offer while returning students also panicked.
Mr. Iyalomhe’s memo noted that a consensus was reached on 7th March, 2020 by the college management, a consultative forum and students’ association that every medical student should pay N50,000 to complete a hostel under construction.
The memo also stated that the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has made the hostel one of the prerequisites for further induction of graduated doctors or admission of new students to the college.
In his words, “Consequently, I am to direct that every medical student must show evidence of payment of the above levy before taking part in any End-of-Posting Examination, Professional Examinations or resuming any new Clinical Posting.”
Source: Premiumtimesng.com
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