The Nigerian Medical Association has called attempts by the Academic Staff Union of Universities to rule out holders of medical fellowships from becoming university vice chancellors as “laughable and mischievous.”
In a reaction to ASUU president Nasir Faggae’s comments in the media where he urged local congresses of the union to insist that only master’s and PhDs can teach in universities, NMA said ASUU demonstrated “nude ignorance.”
In a statement, NMA president Dr Kayode Obembe, condemned “the open inciting nature and unveiled hatred levelled against the eminently qualified Nigerians whose eligibility to equally aspire to lead the universities, has been proved beyond all reasonable doubt.”
After medical school, doctors get fellowships rather than master’s and PhD—all qualifications NMA says outweigh PhDs in content and context.
Obembe pointed to open differences—doctors must meet higher cut-off scores to get university admissions, a longer period of academic study, international common entrance to get into a medical fellowship compared with PhDs, and the six years it takes to complete a fellowship unlike an average three years for a PhD.
It also points to Nigerian Universities Commission’s recommendation that a fellowship or its equivalent from the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria is a suitable alternative to PhDs in relation to appointment of vice chancellors.
NMA said VCs with medical background have “demonstrated impeccable and track record efficiency, capability and meritorious achievements in university governance in the country,” according to Obembe.
“The NMA strongly admonishes Dr. Faggae to stop his antics and desist from further embarrassing ASUU and the entire Nigerian academic community.”
By Judd-Leonard Okafor
Daily Trust
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