By Timothy Nwobodo
The Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah has upgraded the State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS) Igbo-Eno to a University Teaching Hospital status.
This followed the signing into law, a bill to this effect by His Excellency during the week.
The upgrade is in line with the priority Mbah administration places on education, which has a large chunk of 33% of the state’s budget.
While signing the bill into Law, Governor Mbah pledged his administration’s support to the management of the university in line with his government’s philosophy and policy on education.
By this law, SUMAS can now teach medicine and allied courses unencumbered.
SUMAS is located at Igbo-Eno, near Orba, in Udenu Local Government of Enugu State.
Present at the signing ceremony were the Speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uche Ugwu; Secretary to Enugu State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia; Chief of Staff to the Governor, Barr. Victor Udeh; Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi; SPA Legal, Osita Nnajieze, SPA Delivery, Ozed Afigbo; SSA External Relations, Uche Anichukwu; SSA New Media, Reuben Onyishi and the Clerk of the State’s House of Assembly/Head of Legislative Service, Dr Emmanuel Udaya.
The management of the university comprising the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ogbonna; Pro-Chancellor, Msgr Prof. Obiora Ike; Registrar, and the Liberarian were also present.
