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  • VCN inducts UNILORIN 17 vet. graduates

    The Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN)on Wednesday inducted the first set graduates of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of University of
    Ilorin ( UNILORIN ) into the veterinary profession.

    At the induction, 17 new baked veterinary medical doctors took oath of office.

    Registrar, VCN Josiah Kantiyok performed the oath taking ceremony on the inductees.

    Dr Kantiyok urged the inductees to abide by the oath and regard vet medicine as a noble profession.

    Earlier, Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Sulyman Abdulkareem said that the philosophy that underpinned the establishment of the faculty in 2009 was to produce veterinary surgeons ‘who are capable of taking veterinary practice into the 21st century and well beyond.’

    He added that “it was our desire that the veterinarians we would be producing would be ‘highly competent and motivated to enjoy practicing
    veterinary medicine with the required skills that will enhance livestock production, promote public health and preventive medicine.’

    “There is no doubt today that the inductees are the gratifying evidence of the full realization of our objectives. So, we all deserve the honour today.

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    “The inductees of today, representing the first set of the tangible outcome of our commitment, indeed, deserve the honour and recognition
    we are formally bestowing on them because the VCN had examined the standards of knowledge and skills we had offered you in this university.”

    On the inductees, Prof Abdulkareem said “to our lucky inductees of today, I am happy to celebrate with you and your parents on this
    accomplishment. Today’s ceremony is a formal and dignified celebration of your certification as a professional doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM).

    “It is therefore, a great honour that you are being inducted into a noble profession with this ceremony. With this ceremony today, you are being granted membership of veterinary profession in Nigeria.

    “There is no doubt, therefore, that today’s ceremony is going to mark a significant and memorable milestone in your career as vet doctors.”

  • Induction for Vet. Doctors

    Twenty-one fresh veterinary doctors were inducted at FUNAAB’s  seventh induction and admission of graduates in the College of Veterinary Medicine (COLVET), into the veterinary profession.

    Speaking at the occasion, the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Olusola Oyewole, said in order to ensure that COLVET continued to be a foremost centre of veterinary education and animal disease control, the university recently constructed and opened an ultra-modern veterinary teaching hospital with an initial contract for equipment, worth N30 million.

    “Doctors of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree programme in the university has been fully accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) since 2009, and we are confident that the feat has been repeated with the recently-released accreditation result by the NUC.

     

     

  • Don urges govt to recruit vet doctors

    A don, Dr Adedoyin Osipitan has urged the government to improve on veterinary services by recruiting more veterinary surgeons to assist in meat inspection and public health.

    He said to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2020, the states must improve on veterinary services by recruiting more veterinary surgeons to cope with meat inspection and public health activities.

    He also urged the political leaders to ensure that their budget on agriculture was high.

    Osipitan, a lecturer at the Federal University of Agricultue, Abeokuta, said the dream of sufficient live-stock and poultry production might not materialised unless the government guaranteed a fair standard of living for farmers.

    According to him, there is the need for the country’s leaders to be abreast of the changing technological know-how in agriculture. This, he said, was not necessarily in agriculture alone, but also in livestock and poultry production.

    He said efforts on research have been protecting the agricultural sector from emerging diseases linked to globalisation.

    His words: “As a result of globalisation and climatic change, the agricultural sector is facing an unprecedented worldwide impact of emerging and re-emerging animal diseases and zoonoses.”

    He lamented that most of the veterinary officers in the states civil service were inadequate for the country.

    He said each local government should have at least two veterinary officers to assist in delivery services and promotion of public health.

    The don warned livestock farmers to stop patronising unqualified veterinary personnel.

    He urged veterinary officers in the major cities to promote the ethics of the profession and prosecute fake practitioners.

    He called on the Federal Government to appoint more qualified veterinary experts.

    He, however, noted that some state governments have mapped out strategies for animal disease intervention, upgrading of veterinary laboratory and protection of local poultry.

     

  • Don urges govt to recruit vet doctors

    A DON, Dr Adedoyin Osipitan has urged the government to improve on veterinary services by recruiting more veterinary surgeons to assist in meat inspection and public health.

    He said to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2020, the states must improve on veterinary services by recruiting more veterinary surgeons to cope with meat inspection and public health activities.

    He also urged the political leaders to ensure that their budget on agriculture was high.

    Osipitan, a lecturer at the Federal University of Agricultue, Abeokuta, said the dream of sufficient live-stock and poultry production might not materialised unless the government guaranteed a fair standard of living for farmers.

    According to him, there is the need for the country’s leaders to be abreast of the changing technological know-how in agriculture. This, he said, was not necessarily in agriculture alone, but also in livestock and poultry production.

    He said efforts on research have been protecting the agricultural sector from emerging diseases linked to globalisation.

    His words: “As a result of globalisation and climatic change, the agricultural sector is facing an unprecedented worldwide impact of emerging and re-emerging animal diseases and zoonoses.”

    He lamented that most of the veterinary officers in the states civil service were inadequate for the country.

    He said each local government should have at least two veterinary officers to assist in delivery services and promotion of public health.

    The don warned livestock farmers to stop patronising unqualified veterinary personnel.

    He urged veterinary officers in the major cities to promote the ethics of the profession and prosecute fake practitioners.

    He called on the Federal Government to appoint more qualified veterinary experts.

    He, however, noted that some state governments have mapped out strategies for animal disease intervention, upgrading of veterinary laboratory and protection of local poultry.