Issues bordering on accreditation of programmes run by the Ogun State College of Health Technology , Ilese, Ijebu Ode, have pitted the academic staff union and students against the management of the college reports KUNLE AKINRINADE
Currently, programmes run by the college have been delisted from NBTE’s accreditation list, meaning that the present batch of its students who are participating in the mandatory National Youth Service Corps programme might be the last unless something urgent is done to restore its accreditation. The college’s accreditation by the Health Records Officers Registration Board of Nigeria has since expired too, same with the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria.
The letter dated December 8, 2017 and signed on behalf of the Board’s Executive Secretary by the Acting Director of Monotechnic Programmes, Ms Helen Oduntan reads: ”Following the expiration of the accreditation granted to the programmes in your college, I am directed to inform you that the Board has approved the accreditation visit to your college for the following programmes: HND Public Health Nursing, HND Community Health, ND Dental Technology, HND Dental Therapy, HND Environmental Health...
Like the NBTE, other regulatory and professional examination bodies have either threatened to delist the college or bar its students from writing their examinations in the light of the lack of seriousness exhibited by the management of the school towards renewing accreditation of its relevant programmes.
“This is to reiterate that your college has consistently refused to comply with the directives of the Board on the accreditation of your two dental programmes under the regulations of the Board in spite of several letters written to your college on the matter. It was learnt that in order to douse the tension, Dr Oladunjoye’s loyalists in the college staged a solidarity rally on July 31, asking the academic staff members to leave him alone.At a press briefing held on August 4 in Abeokuta, top academic staff members led by Comrade Abiodun again lamented the lethargy on the part of the college’s management with regard to renewal of accreditation of programmes amid alleged maladministration.
The vehicles, which cost over N21 million, were for the official use of the Provost and Registrar of the college.