Get Guardian on GoogleThe Oyo State Government has sealed Covenant College of Health Technology and Medical Sciences, Apata, Ibadan, for operating without proper accreditation and offering unauthorized health-related programmes to unsuspecting members of the public.
The enforcement exercise was carried out by officials of the Ministry of Health, led by the Director of Nursing Services, Dr. (Mrs.) Kehinde Oyebode, who represented the Commissioner for Health during an inspection visit to the institution.
The inspection team discovered that the school had been running unapproved programmes, including purported training in Nursing Technician and Nursing Assistant courses — programmes not recognized by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) nor approved by the Ministry of Health.
Dr. Oyebode stated that the school had been misleading the public by offering courses it was neither licensed nor qualified to run.
“A nursing programme cannot be operated under a College of Health Technology,” she said. “There is no such programme as Nursing Technician or Nursing Assistant in Nigeria’s approved health training framework. Such claims are false and deceptive.”
She further revealed that the institution had already begun admitting students and collecting tuition fees without securing any form of accreditation or regulatory clearance, describing the act as a serious threat to public health standards and the integrity of health education in the state.
Consequently, the Ministry ordered the immediate closure of the institution pending full compliance with all accreditation requirements and official approvals.
The government also warned members of the public to desist from patronizing the school or enrolling in any of its programmes until it obtains proper accreditation from the Oyo State Ministry of Health and relevant professional regulatory bodies.
