Pump As Barr. Aniefiok Dennis Sponsor Bill To Upgrade School Of Health Technology To A College

A bill for a law to upgrade the Akwa Ibom state School of health Technology to a college of Health Technology for training of various health professionals in the state and for other matter connected there with has passed second reading at the Akwa Ibom state house of Assembly.

The bill is  sponsored by the member representing Etinan state constituency, Barr .Aniefiok Dennis, and nine others as cosponsors.

Dennis While speaking on the need to change the name of the school to "College of Health Technology", hinted that the change is in order to help the students of the school to be able to meet  the standard with those outsider the state and to also gain recognition from the National Board for Technical Education (NABTE).

Also, " the bill when is passed into law and assented to by the Governor, it will enable the Institution to assess grants from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund( TETF), for improved infrastructure in the collage".

Barr. Dennis,who is the chairman, house committee on information used the opportunity to commend Governor, Mr.Udom Emmanuel for putting his best in terms of infrastructural development in the school and pleaded with his colleagues to support the bill to see the light of the day.

Our House correspondent, Theophilus Udo, reports that earlier at the floor of the House during debate on the bill ,Members of the house unanimously spoke in support of the Bill and advocate that health personnel should be trained to handle students and also man the various health facilities built by Governor Udom Emmanuel in the state.

They also expressed optimism that the passage of the bill into law will stop quackery and will also encourage our people to go to school.

On his part,the speaker of the house Rt.Hon.Aniekan Bassey, explained the merit of the bill and what the students stand to benefit if the bill is passed into law.

The bill was later committed to the House committee on Health for further legislative actions and to report back to the house.

After plenary, the sponsor of the bill, explained to journalists that before now, once a students graduated from the school ,their certificate were not well recognized outside the state as such limits those graduates from gaining jobs outside the state, but Once the school is upgraded they will go for Youth service.