The Lagos State Executive Council has approved the upgrade of the Lagos State University College of Medicine, LASUCOM, to a specialised medical university to be named, “University of Medicine and Health Sciences,” U.M.H.
Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Tolani Sule, announced this at a stakeholders meeting by the Ministry of Tertiary Education and Ministry of Health, with the Managements of LASUCOM, and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, in attendance.
The Commissioner said the draft law to establish the University had also been approved for submission to the Lagos State House of Assembly.
He noted that the University would function with a network of clinical training facilities across the five Administrative divisions of the state, with LASUTH serving as the primary oversight clinical training facility.
Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi also said expanse of land had been made available at Ketu-Ejirin in Epe to serve as the main campus of the university.
The Provost of LASUCOM, Professor Abiodun Adewuya, expressed gratitude to the State Government, while emphasizing the College’s readiness to support the transition to the University of Medicine and Health Science.