45 Medical Laboratory Science students of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State were Tuesday inducted into the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN.)

The third set to be inducted since the inception of the school in 2004, was also issued with a provisional licence of practice.

According to the Head of Department (HOD) MLS, Professor Shola Babatunde, of the 45 inductees presented for the final professional MLSCN examination, “32 emerged with Second-Class honours (Upper Division) and 13 with Second-Class honours (Lower Division.)

The disclosure was made at the Oath-Taking/Induction ceremony of the students at the school’s auditorium in Adeta, Ilorin.

The HOD hinted that the provisional licence was to enable the inductees to proceed to the one-year mandatory internship programme.

He charged the students to: “employ integrity, honesty, diligence, and perseverance. Let the knowledge you have acquired from this great university serve as an instrument to serve humanity, not to exploit it.”

Also speaking, the Dean, faculty of health sciences, Prof. Olabode Kayode commended the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the school, Prof. Noah Yusuf and the entire management for providing the enabling environment for both the teachers and the students to succeed.

He charged the new inductees not to forget the department and the school, saying: “There are many ways for you to improve the lives and conditions of those you are leaving behind as well as help reposition Al-Hikmah University as one of the best global practices in MLS.”

However, the founder and chairman Board of Trustees (BoT) of the school, Dr. AbdulRaheem Oladimeji, who donated N2 million to the MLS department, urged the inductees to act within the confine of their regulatory/professional governing body.

Represented by the Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Dr Sikiru Lanre Nurudeen, the founder, said: “it is important to comply with the noble ethics of your profession. I advise you to operate within the benchmarks and standard operating procedures set by your regulatory body.”

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Noah Yusuf appreciated Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for granting the school the leave to use the state’s general hospital, Sobi, as the school’s Teaching Hospital, which he said had elevated the school’s status.

He commended the parents for their undying love for their children, describing their love and affection for the inductees as unequal and unmatchable.

Speaking on the theme: innovation and technology in medical Laboratory Science Practice: Prospects and challenges,” the keynote Speaker, Prof. Abdulrazaq Nuhu, the Dean, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kwara State University Malete, urged the inductees to leverage the Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their professional routine disposition.