FUNAAB inducts 27 veterinary doctors

This was contained in the institution’s bulletin made available to Daily Trust. Speaking at the occasion, the Vice Chancellor and President of Association of African Universities, Professor Olusola Oyewole, stated that with the accreditation of Doctors of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) five years ago, the varsity is proud to release into the society, another batch of […]

This was contained in the institution’s bulletin made available to Daily Trust.
Speaking at the occasion, the Vice Chancellor and President of Association of African Universities, Professor Olusola Oyewole, stated that with the accreditation of Doctors of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) five years ago, the varsity is proud to release into the society, another batch of well-trained veterinary doctors.
He said the doctors will help in boosting livestock production and national food security through efficient and effective prevention, control of diseases and death of food animals.
Oyewole noted that to ensure that the college continued to be a foremost centre of veterinary education and animal disease control, the university has commissioned an ultra-modern Veterinary Teaching Hospital with an initial contract for equipment, worth N30 million.  
 “As you go out into the world, always remember that the federal government has invested much in you than to the average university graduate, for the cost of your training is about thrice that of an average university graduate. It, therefore, behoves you to give your utmost back to your country,” he urged.
The guest speaker, a veteran veterinarian, Dr. Adedamola Jaiyesimi, in a paper titled, ‘Making Clinicians out of Scientists’, said the main problem the new veterinary doctors would face in their clinical life would not always be found in their lecture notes and textbooks.  
He charged them to always stand out and improve on the knowledge received while in the university and to keep abreast of recent technologies and techniques as they unfold.
The president, Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN), Professor Garba Sharubutu, expressed confidence in the university to turn out qualitative veterinarians, who would stand the test of time, be good ambassadors of the university, as well as the veterinary profession.