Following the restoration of the accreditation of the Abia State University Teaching Hospital by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), the state governor, Dr Alex Otti has vowed not to allow such to happen again.

The governor spoke, yesterday, when the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Ngozi Okoronkwo, informed him of the restoration of the accreditation  after the Accreditation Team of the MDCN re-inspected the teaching hospital facilities and other prerequisites and certified them.

With the restoration , the university can now graduate medical students for the next five years; increase its  admission quota from 120 to 150 per session; renew  training of  60 house officers per year for the next four years and even increase the number. It will also it  employ  more full time consultants.

The governor, while receiving  the MDCN  Accreditation Team at his Nvosi residence, said  “Never again shall  we  lose accreditation because  it’s a big shame, though  I was not governor then,  I saw it coming and I wrote  to the former governor”.

Leader of the MDCN Team ,  Dr Nnaemeka Nwakanma commended Otti for uplifting medical  infrastructure in Abia State,  particularly in  the Teaching Hospital and other health institutions in the state.

He said MDCN  was impressed with Otti’s achievements  within his short period in  office, specially commended him  for dedicating 20% and 15% of the state’s  2024 budget to education and health. respectively, described this as the highest ever in the history of budgeting in Nigeria.