Okpebholo secures induction for 128 AAU medical school graduates

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has secured induction for 128 medical graduates of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.

This was contained in a press statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, on Friday.

The medical graduates have had their induction delayed since August 2024, after spending 10 years in medical school due to some lingering crisis.

The statement read, “The Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has secured the induction for 128 medical graduates of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.

“Following a formal protest by the medical students, the state government liaised with the relevant authorities to resolve the crisis and reposition the medical school for seamless induction.

“With this intervention, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has fixed the 13th of February, 2025, for these 128 medical graduates to be inducted into the medical profession.”
The state Commissioner for Education, Dr. Emmanuel Iyamu, paid a visit to the medical council on Thursday, met the Registrar, Dr. Fatima Kyari, and the issue was resolved.

Iyamu thanked the registrar for her support and assured all students of the commitment of the governor to their welfare.

While congratulating the new medical doctors on their scheduled induction, Iyamu said the plight of students is of utmost concern to the governor.

He reaffirmed the commitment of the present administration to ensure that education at all levels in the State receives the needed attention.

Recall that Medical Students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma had earlier in the month staged a protest and blocked the Benin – Auchi Highway over the stoppage of the 2015 set of medical students from being inducted.

Expressing their grievances before the governor, the spokesperson for the medical graduates, Precious Omohegbele, said she and her course-mates had spent 10 years in medical school and graduated in August 2024 without being inducted.

Okpebholo had immediately waded into the crisis, inviting all relevant parties and seeking practical solutions to resolve the lingering delay.

Earlier, Okpebholo had reintroduced the payment of monthly subvention to the institution and reinstated staff who were illegally disengaged by the previous administration of Godwin Obaseki for exercising their legal and labour rights.