Wike renews Rivers medical students’ scholarship, announces N500m grant

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says his administration has renewed the scholarship of the students studying medicine at the PAMO University of Medical Sciences.

Wike made this known via a statement issued on Tuesday by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, after the Second convocation of PAMO University of Medical Sciences at Iriebe in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Wike, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chinedu Mmom, said the university has distinguished itself as one of the institutions of learning that boosted the fortunes of medical education in the state.

The governor said the entirety of the convocation ceremony was the culmination of the vision and extraordinary commitment of the pathfinder and former governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili.

”PAMO University of Medical Sciences is a private gift from him to Rivers state, Nigeria and humanity at large and we are forever happy and grateful to him for the golden gift,” he said.

Governor Wike noted that in just a brief period of its establishment, PAMO University made a remarkable difference in the lives of Rivers students and the people of the state at large.

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He stated that the noticed transformation has attained an enviable height ahead of other private, state or federal universities, and also contributed to the educational development of Rivers State and Nigeria.

”This is why we embraced it with open arms from the very beginning and committed state’s resources to help it grow, stablise and succeed.

”Today, we are reaping the second set of fruits of our support with the graduation of 39 students from the Faculty of Allied and Health Sciences and the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences and many more proceeding forward to the clinical stages of their studies,” Governor Wike stated.

Wike also announced a grant of N500 million to PAMO University.

On his part, Odili said he was overwhelmed with the enviable strides PAMO University of Medical Sciences had made within five years of its establishment and attributed the success to God.

The former governor thanked Wike for the various levels of support that made PAMO University to grow astronomically.

He charged the graduands to be good ambassadors of the university and put their knowledge to practice wherever they find themselves, and treat their patience with dignity.

The Star