Kwara Varsity Gets Medical Council’s Preclinical Accreditation

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has granted accreditation of Kwara State University, Malete’s, preclinical programme.

The team lead and deputy registrar of the MDCN, Dr. Nnaemeka Nwakama, made the pronouncement during the exit briefing of the accreditation exercise on March 17, 2026, at the KWASU Business School, Ilorin.

The accreditation team commended the synergy and camaraderie between Kwara State University, Malete, and Kwara State University Teaching Hospital( KWASUTH).

The team lead noted that the medical programme was highly capital and human resource intensive, and the institutions must continue to invest to ensure that the medical school grows and sustains its status as a recognised institution.

The Kwara State commissioner for health, Dr. Amina El-Imam, expressed the appreciation of the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, to the MDCN’s team, noting that the report by the team showed the role played by the Council as sanctifing the profession and encouraging the growth of medical education.

The vice chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Prof. Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, expressed great joy at the result of the exercise and appreciated the thoroughness of the process, pledging to work towards addressing all areas noted for improvement.

This accreditation of preclinicals allows 300 level students of medicine and surgery in KWASU to proceed to the clinical year after taking their first professional examination according to a statement signed by the acting director, University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu.