This was revealed by the vice-chancellor of the establishment, prof. Samuel Aje talking to journalists on the twelfth convocation ceremony of the College.
In line with the vice-rector, who gave an outline of the graduates, “out of 467 graduates, 30 graduated top quality, whereas 242 will obtain a second class greater, 152 a second class decrease, and 19 a diploma with a superb third class. ”
He added: “8. On December 2022, we are going to current 96 medical laboratory science graduates to the Medical Laboratory Council of Nigeria for registration as medical laboratory scientists. This can be our ninth induction ceremony.
“We’ll equally introduce 114 graduate nurses to the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria for induction into service as Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives.”
Aje additionally said that the Governing Council of the establishment has allotted 50 p.c of the tutoring charges for UTME and direct entry candidates into engineering programmes.
“A complete of 893 college students have benefited from this free tuition association for the reason that starting of 2021. Our gratitude additionally goes to the governing council for awarding 50 p.c scholarship for UTME and direct entry into engineering packages,” he revealed.
Don additionally disclosed that the plan was in prime gear to ascertain a Faculty of Aviation, with a runway throughout the college after the accreditation of this system by the Nationwide Universities Fee.
The transfer, in keeping with him, would place the establishment as the one college in West Africa to embark on such a programme.
Nevertheless, prof. Aje frowned on the mass exodus of Nigerian youths to overseas nations underneath the ‘japa’ syndrome, saying the state of affairs was disturbing and one thing have to be executed about it.
“Lots of them depart Nigeria to go to uncertified and unrecognized establishments and return with certificates that can not be verified. A few of them cannot even be a part of the Nationwide Youth Service,” he added.