A bill seeking to establish the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences in Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State scaled second reading in the Senate on Tuesday.
Sponsor of the bill, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), while leading debate on the piece of legislation, said the establishment of the university would provide basic scientific training as a foundation for the development of medicine and allied disciplines.
Bamidele disclosed that, the Ekiti state government was willing and ready to part with over 1000 acres of land in support of the establishment of this institution.
Contributing to the debate, Senator Ibrahim Gobir (APC, Sokoto East), while lending his voice in support of the bill, attributed the inability of Nigerian researchers in the country to produce a vaccine for Covid-19 to the lack of research by medical scientists in universities.
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, after the bill scaled second reading, referred it to the Committee on Health chaired by Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC, Kwara Central) expected to report back within four weeks.
