• Programme Put On Hold To Allow Us Run Nursing As ND, HND
The management of Harvarde College of Science, Business and Management Studies, Abeokuta, Ogun State has debunked rumours that the death of a 200 level student – Joke, has any connection with the academic status of the school.
A statement, yesterday, signed by the President of the college, Dr Oluwatosin Adebayo, who described the deceased as an ex-student, said based on investigations, the deceased, who had left the school since 2023 based on her failure in her academics, died of poisonous substance she took when she didn’t know who exactly was responsible for her pregnancy, as all efforts to get it terminated proved abortive. And she later resorted to killing to save her shame.
“This is nothing but the truth on Ajoke’s death. We believe that all records, exhibit and the Police are there for anybody to see and interrogate on the remote and immediate cause of her death.”
Adebayo appealed to the public to discountenace reports on media platforms, which claimed that its Nursing Programme has been disaccredited and its disaccreditation caused the death of the student.
“In as much as we won’t join issues with those media platforms, which reported that the Ogun State Ministry of Health shut our school for running illegal nursing programme, it’s better to put the record straight at this point.
“We were in process of getting accreditation for the Nursing Science Programmes- National Diploma and Higher National Diploma by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) when Ogun State Ministry of Health and Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria came to the School where we used to run the Nursing Science, closing it down in according with the Extant Law as regards the upgrade as being undertaken by either NUC or NBTE for Bachelor of Nursing, National Diploma or Higher National Diploma.
“So, the sealing of the Harvard College lecture theatre hall doesn’t mean canceling of our pursuing Nursing Science Programme – ND and HND as we are already pursuing NBTE’s accreditation, which is compulsory to do based on the Federal Government regulations through NBTE and nursing council compelled us to do as soon as practicable,” he said.
Dr. Adebayo assured that soonest, the college will have the course to invite both Ogun State Ministry of Health and Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria for Accreditation exercise and graduation of its Nursing students.
