The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted licence to Enugu State Government for the take-off of the State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS) in Igbo-Eno, Enugu State.
Abubakar Rasheed, NUC’s executive secretary presented the licence to the state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwanyi, in Abuja, making it the 219th in the country.
Rasheed congratulated Ugwuanyi and the people of the state “on the establishment of the State University of Medical and Applied Sciences to be located in Igbo-Eno of Enugu State.” The licence recognised SUMAS as the second Enugu State-owned University.
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The ES said that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) were being notified of the establishment of the university.
“Enugu is now joining three other states to establish a university of medical sciences. The first is Ondo State University of Medical Sciences, Ondo; followed by Bayelsa State University of Medical Sciences and then the one in Ebonyi,” he noted.
Reacting, the governor noted that one of the major problems facing education sector is inadequate tertiary institutions which results in million of missing out on admission every year. He enthused that the state University will address the problem to a good extent.
