Kogi PSN lauds FUL Vice Chancellor Akinwumi for outstanding Leadership achievement, described him as Symbol of contemporary development.
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, (PSN) Kogi State Chapter has commended the Vice Chancellor, Federal University Lokoja Prof. Olayemi Durotimi Akinwunmi for his outstanding leadership and achievement in the institution.
The Kogi State Chairman of PSN Dr. Lawal Muhammed Omuya gave the commendations when the association paid a thank you visit to the management of FUL on Monday evening in Lokoja.
Dr Omuya, who acknowledged the transformation of FUL under Prof. Akinwumi noted that, the establishment of College of Health Science and faculty of engineering by the university management was a step in it right direction
Continuing, Omuya said “You did say in your inaugural speech as VC FUL that you will make sure the institution takes a lead amongst the nine (9) universities established by Federal government in 2011 and to make FUL among the ten (10) foremost universities ln Africa.
“I was not missing words in our last visit dated june 7th 2021 to acknowledge and express our profuse joy for the bold and courageous steps you took to establish college of medicine and faculty of engineering when we suggested that you use your good office to rephrased the name college of medicine to college of health sciences to accommodate other health related courses, so that our children could be relieved of the stress they go through when seeking admission into universities for these courses – Pharmacy, Nursing, Medical Laboratory Sciences, this you immediately and graciously granted.”
“With the take off standard you and your management team have set sir, we are convinced that the institution will get there sooner than we envisaged.
“We are happy as a professional body, that FUL has joined the few universities in Nigeria offering Doctor of Pharmacy program. Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) is the minimum qualification to practice as a pharmacist in advance countries like United State of America (USA). This is a major achievement sir.”
“For this reason and more, we are here again to say a big THANK YOU as you have made good of your promise at our pharmacy week 2023, through your representative, in your acceptance speech during the award conferment as FRIEND OF PHARMACY – A noble and prestigious profession.”
“In that event, you promised us that pharmacy program in FUL will commence before the next edition of pharmacy week. This is fast coming to past”.
He described the University Vice Chancellor as a man of honour and symbol of contemporary development, adding that, under his leadership, the Professor of history has demonstrated competence and capacity in all his dealings.
The PSN Chairman reassured the University Management that manpower will not be
a problem when the institution kickstart pharmacy program in their next academic session.
“Manpower will not be a problem as we have more than enough pure bread pharmacy professionals, eminently qualified to complement your good effort as lecturers, even in our midst as we speak” he added.”
Responding, the Vice Chancellor, Federal University Lokoja Prof Olayemi Durotimi Akinwunmi seeks the collaboration of PSN in providing the resource materials in term of text books to equip the library, reach out to well meaning Nigerian to help the institution in terms of funding as Federal Government funding may not be sufficient.
Other demands of the university are provision of support to the institution in terms of man power, especially academics.
Akinwumi said, “On behalf of the management, staff and students of this promising institution, I am reassuring the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria that admission into the faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences will kick start next year, 2024. The faculty will be standing on its own and will be situated at the permanent site by God’s grace”.
In the entourage of PSN are, the Director of Pharmaceutical services, Kogi State Ministry of health Pharm. Abdulrahaman Mohammed, Hon. Pharm Henry Okwubile – Fellow of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, chairman ACPN Kogi State, Coordinator PSN-Young pharmacist group (PSN-YPG), Chairperson, Association of Lady’s Pharmacists of Nigeria, Kogi State, and other excos of PSN Kogi State.
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