NUC: Check out the number of years that Medical students will now spend in university

Any student willing to study Medicine in any Nigerian university will now have to spend at least ten years in the university.
This, according to the National Universities Commission (NUC) secretary, Professor Julius Okojie, is in a bid to further prepare the students psychologically for the challenges which the profession entails.
Professor Okojie who made this assertion while delivering a lecture at the maiden matriculation and inauguration of the University of Medical Science, Ondo, Ondo state, stated further that the 2015 document for the training of medical students explained how this will be achieved.
The NUC scribe’s lecture titled ‘Development of Medical Education : Prospects and Challenges‘, was delivered by the his deputy, Professor Chiedu Mafiana, who noted that the development was imperative in order to enable the students mature for the profession.
The 2015 document for the training stipulated that the medical students would spend the first four years in studying basic sciences in university after which they would proceed to the medical school to spend another seven years.
The NUC scribe, while stressing the importance of adequate funding of medical training and practice, also admonished the management of the institution to ensure that the money earmarked for the development of the institution was used for the purpose it was meant.