KWASU Council Visits KWASUTH

…Commends Governor AbdulRazaq’s initiative in Health & Education sectors

The Chairman of the Governing Council of Kwara State University, Malete, Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali OON, has commended the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for successfully upgrading the Ilorin General Hospital to Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (KWASUTH), describing the initiative as a step in the right direction.

Professor Ambali who was in the company of the KWASU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh to visit the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of KWASUTH, Dr Bola Ahmed, on Friday, August 22, 2025 described the current the transformation of the General Hospital into a teaching hospital as providing a great opportunity for the training of medical students and related professionals.

Professor Ambali who noted that the visit to KWASUTH was connected with the preparation for the final accreditation of the medical school and the resumption of medical students for clinical training in the hospital, explained that the teaching hospital would improve healthcare delivery services in the state and beyond.

He urged the hospital management to do everything required to ensure a seamless and successful accreditation by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria in September this year.

In his response, the KWASUTH CMD, Dr. Bola Ahmed, expressed appreciation to Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali, and Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh for the visit, noting that the efforts of the Kwara State governor in the upgrade and the provision of critical medical equipment have significantly enhanced the quality of healthcare service delivery in the institution.

The CMD assured that with the current spate of support from the state government in terms of all necessary facilities, equipment, and manpower, the hospital’s capacity to professionally train medical students and provide quality healthcare delivery to all and sundry was assured.