… Victims allege favouritism for cronies

By Akinwale Kasali

Azeez Sekinat Opeyemi has always dreamt to be a Science and Laboratory Technician. She has however worked tirelessly in achieving this goal.

Having had good grades in her West African Examination Council, WAEC, she enrolled for her Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB, exams and chose the Federal University of Health Science, FUHSI, Ila Orangun, Osun State to achieve her dream.

Interestingly, she scored 55.92 Percent in her Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, surpassing the 55.81 Percent Cut Off Mark for Medical Laboratory Science for Catchment.

She was joyous believing that she would be admitted into the institution to pursue her age long dream. Sadly, her joy was short lived as she was denied admission.

The tale of Olawunmi Akanji is pathetic. She also applied to study Medicine and Surgery at the FUHSI and scored and aggregate score of 69.57 Percent, also surpassing her catchment Cut Off.

She was also denied admission.

The duo are just hundreds of Prospective Candidates who are been denied admission despite scoring good grades and meeting the requirements of the institution but are been denied.

Parents of one of the Prospective Candidates, Alhaji Azeez Rahman from Tede Atisbo Local Government Area of Oyo State lamented that his Daughter scored 207 in JAMB exam and apply to study Medical Laboratory Science FUHSI and also scored 55.92 aggregate score in her Post UTME where the cutoff mark for medical laboratory science is 55.81 for catchment and still was denied admission.

Rahman stressed when it contacted the School for the denial of admission, they were told that there is no explanation that the Daughter should go and write another JAMB Examination for next session.

In the same vein, Olawunmi’s Father, Mr Akanji said that it is disheartening that the Institution has not been fair to the Prospective Candidates.

He disclosed that 100 were said to admitted into the institution and 86 Persons have already been admitted with just 14 Persons set to join.

Sadly, he said those people that were admitted did not meet the Cut Off Mark not the Catchment Cut Off to gain admission.

He alleged that when he probed why his Daughter had been denied admission despite meeting the Cut Off and performing exceptionally well, he was told that who does he know in the School.

“I was told that the admission is gone that my Daughter should go and sit for another JAMB Next year. This infuriated me and had to query why it should be like that, I was told that can I pay what those people that they gave admission are paying and who do I know”, Akanji stressed.

Another Parent who claimed anonymity lamented that the admission is based on who you know and how much you can part with before your ward can be giving admission.

“FUHSI has become an institution where is admission is for sale. If you don’t have the financial muscle to bribe, your Ward can’t gain admission, only if you know any big and prominent person”, he said.

Following this allegation on FUHSI, efforts to reach the Vice Chancellor of FUHSI, Prof. Akeem Olawale Ladipo proved abortive, likewise the Registrar of the Institution, Kassim Babamale.

The reporter however pull a Call through to the Provost, College of Medicine, FUHSI, Prof. Aishatu Ahmed Gobir but no response, prompting the Reporter to send a message to him which he has failed to respond to before going to Press.