By Our Reporter
In a distressing turn of events, 39 medical graduating students from Ambrose Alli University AAU in Ekpoma, Edo State, are urgently seeking Governor Monday Okpebholo’s intervention.
Despite reportedly completing their studies, these students have been inexplicably denied induction, leaving them with an uncertain future.
An open letter addressed to the State Government and the Minister of Health, titled “Urgent Appeal For The Induction Of Qualified Medical Doctors From Ambrose Alli University,” highlights the plight of these students.
Signed by Abu Ibrahim, Bawal Mohammed Awal, and Daniel Igbafe on behalf of the affected students, the letter expresses their exhaustion, demoralization, and desperation for swift intervention.
With no clear path forward, the student added that after dedicating nine years of their lives to rigorous medical training, enduring challenges, Sacrifices and Financial burdens, they deserve to move forward without further buttle necks.
However, reacting to their claims, Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika, Principal Assistant Registrar and Head of Information/Public Relations and Protocol, said the claims being propagated by some students of July 2025 induction date are misleading. He emphasized that 40 students could not pass their initial final year exams as the school had to organized a make up examination for them.
Though, admittedly, he said, out of the 40 students who participated in the make up examination, one failed, adding that the school is only awaiting a set date by the medical council to complete the induction of the 39 students that passed the make up examination.
The students have also accused the University management of devising unconscionable plans to induct them alongside their juniors in the Profession who are yet to be graduates and currently sitting for their 500 level part III MBBS examination in Paediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Community medicine.
They wonder why the decisions, despite the 39 of them not being repeat students, who have been reportedly issued statements of results by the governing council.
Notably, Governor Monday Okpebholo has previously demonstrated his commitment to students’ welfare by securing the induction of 128 medical graduates from AAU, who had been delayed since August 2024.
But their hopes have been completely dashed after witnessing their classmates inducted with no reason given by the authorities over them being left out.
They emphasised that at a time when Nigeria faces shortage of healthcare professionals, it is unbelievable how they have been kept away due to administrative bottlenecks, adding that they are eager to contribute their quotas to the healthcare space in the country’s overstretched operations.
The students said they are now pinning their hopes on the governor’s intervention to resolve their induction delays.