No fewer than 72 Medicine, graduate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, the Anambra State capital, have been inducted at the Gilbert Uzodike Auditorium, Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi.
The graduands, all clad in black suits and white shirts, exuded class and professionalism as they filed into the hall.
The outgoing Dean of the faculty, Prof Joseph Ikechebelu and the Sub Dean, Dr Charles Okafor, who chaired the Planning Committee of the 36th induction, charged the graduands to imbibe good dress sense at all times.
In his address, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Joseph Eberendu Ahaneku, charged the graduands to be worthy ambassadors of the institution and help to mobilise resources to facilitate its continued production of high-level manpower for the country.
Prof Ahaneku, who was represented by Prof Brian Adinma, congratulated the graduands, stating that the event marked a watershed for the years they put into their studies.
The Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Prof Joseph Ikechebelu, in his remark, thanked the Chief Medical Director of NAUTH, Prof Anthony Igwegbe and the Board of NAUTH for the provision of conducive learning environment and prayed for God’s guidance for the graduands.
Prof Ikechebelu, a professor of Obstertrics and Gynaecology advised the doctors to ensure they are in areas where they have comparative advantage, disclosing that a lot of young doctors fell out of the residency programme in pursuit of specialisation in clinical medicine when their natural ability was in biomedical research or policy issues.
In his remark, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Anambra State, Dr Nnadozie Paul Obiegbu, charged the granduands to discover themselves and put God first in all their endeavours.
Speaking on behalf of other medical graduands, Dr Egwuekwe Sopuruchukwu Ogonna, assured their guardians that they would make the institution proud, saying they had imbibed virtues and learning coupled with hard work from their lecturers.
Dr Egwuekwe, who won four awards out of five available awards of the college, appreciated the contributions of parents and well-wishers for their efforts.
Chief Chigbo Kenneth, one of the parents expressed joy for the doctors who were able to complete their academic programme.
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