Group Alerts Oyo, NBTE On Proliferation Of Unregistered Health Colleges

A health awareness mobilisation group, Campaign For Better Public Health (CBPH), has called on the Oyo State Ministry of Education and the National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) to urgently launch an investigation into the proliferation of illegal colleges of health in Oyo State.

The body claimed that apart from the Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology, Eleyele, in Ibadan and Iseyin College of Science and Health Technology, no other institution was in the approved list of NBTE till date in the state.

In a statement, the group’s director of Public Communication, Anthony Ojo, said it was necessary to call the attention of Oyo State government, NBTE, parents and guardians to the spread of unregistered health institutions across the state, so as to prevent innocent students fall prey for those behind the establishment of the schools.

The group identified the alleged illegal schools to include Ajorosun College of Health, Ibadan, Impressive College of Nursing, Okeho, Kajola local government, Wecare College of Health, Ibadan, Adelakun College of Health Technology, Ibadan and Covenant College of Health, Ogbomoso.

Others were Otolola College of Health Technology, Ibadan, Premier College of Health, Ibadan and Betsidal College of Health, Ogbomoso.

“All these private colleges I mentioned are not listed in the approved list of NBTE and are currently running various courses.

“It is a pity that most of our parents and guardians are unaware of this and it is my duty as a patriotic Nigerian to expose them.

“We call on the Oyo State government to also do due diligence through the state’s Ministry of Education by doing verification of their registration with the Ministry.

“We cannot sacrifice the future of our children and public health at the doorstep of pecuniary gain, something must be done,” the statement read.