By Christian Jonathan
The House of Representatives Committee on Specialty Health Care service is set to embark on oversight to the Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine FEDCAM at Kaduna in order to ascertain the proper take off of the institution this year. The Chairman of the Committee ,Rt Hon. Chief Alex Egbona started this at the Committee meeting with the minister of state for Health Dr. Tunji Alausa at National Assembly Complex Abuja.
Hon, Egbona who is a member, representing Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency of Cross River state ,said the Kaduna college campus was not in operational and was running an off campus site using government funds illegally .He said the Kaduna campus does not even have a provost , and the head of administration was defending it’s budget .He futher explained that the purpose for establishing the college was dashed and aim lost because the trado— medical college was meant to complement the medical schools ,said Egbona. According to him, the school was to afford traditional medical practitioners the opportunities for research enhancement and innovations but lost hope at the moment. Chief Egbona therefore ruled that the college campus at Kaduna established with good intension can not be vanished ,and there is need to go there and see what is happening at the Kaduna Campus’ .
Earlier the Minister of state for Health Dr. Tunji Alausa while answering questions thrown at him by the members of the committee accepted the blame for negligence of duty by the ministry of health not getting it right from the beginning ,but he said he came in barely a year and in the course discovered the irregularities.He noted that the college is under the supervision of the ministry of health ,which ought to have tackled the situation headlong. He futher promised that the ministry will do every thing possible to ensure the take off of the college with accredited faculties and curriculum for training for this year. The Minister further stated that the pout come of the meeting with the committee members was fruitful and satisfactory .The minister said the college was set up for the purpose of training people for traditional and natural medicine .
Adding that originally, the college was started as National College for Natural Medicine, teaching mostly herbal medicine. Thereafter, the Federal Ministry of Health took it over and renamed it Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, with campus in Lagos, Kaduna
REPS SET TO OVERSIGHT MORIBUND FEDCAM CAMPUS AT KADUNA
