AAU Ekpoma Nursing Science Graduates Beg for Release of Results over one year after Graduation

• Graduates’ hope of contributing to growth of health sector dashed by AAU Ekpoma non release of results
• Graduates passed the Nursing Council Exam, but were not inducted due to failure of AAU Ekpoma to release results after over one year

Students of Nursing Science Department of Ambrose Alli University, (AAU)Ekpoma, approximately 300, who gained admission to the institution in 2016/2017 are begging the management and Senate of AAU Ekpoma to as a matter of urgency release their final results and certificates after over one year of graduating from the institution.

The Nursing Science graduates wrote a petition under the aegis of Depressed and Tired Professional Graduates of the 2017 set AAU Nursing Science addressed to the Acting VC AAU, Prof Asomwan Sonnie Adagbonyin and other management staff of the institution over the prolonged delay in the release of final results and subsequent induction despite completing their programme over one year and two months.

According to the depressed graduates’ petition made available to Gentechnews, “We found ourselves still waiting, caught in an indefinite limbo that is affecting our professional progression and causing indefinite distress.

“On 1st April we wrote a formal letter to the VC who graciously promised to intervene and expedite the process. Unfortunately, despite some results being released, the process remains incomplete.

“As of today, we have neither received our full results nor been inducted, leaving us effectively trapped within the university system.

“The prolonged delay is affecting our ability to move forward in our careers, apply for professional opportunities and contribute meaningfully  to the health sector.

“It is creating unnecessary financial and emotional burdens on us and our families as many of us have been forced to put our lives on hold.

“We seek clear communication on the status of our results and a definite timeline for the release of our full results and scheduling of our induction”.

They stated further that their transition from students to professional are being unduly hindered and plan to embark on peaceful protest to demand for their rights where all else fails.

In a related development, the Nursing Science graduates of 2017/2018 set numbering 500 are also appealing to the VC, management and the Senate of AAU Ekpoma to avert the hiccup in the release of their final results like their senior colleagues as they also have passed the National Nursing Council Exam and awaiting their inducting into the Nursing profession.

Accordingly, the Nursing Science graduates of the 2017/2018 set are also requesting for the full release of their results and for a combined induction ceremony with the 2016/2017 set this year.

Gentechnews gathered from the Nursing Science graduates that the journey to their professional career includes induction into the nursing profession, one year internship and thereafter one-year National Youth Service Corps programme.

According to one of the distressed students “What is going on with respect to the release of our final results are inhibiting our progress in life because we are not getting younger and the employability criteria in both civil service and public sector is bound to catch up with many of us in terms of age and request for working experiences.

“It is only in AAU Ekpoma that you can find students graduating without getting results and being mobilized for NYSC immediately. It is unfortunate as many parents are regretting sending their children to study here. We pray that the school’s VC, and the Senate will approve our final results to enable us to get inducted into the Nursing profession to enable us to contribute our quota to the growth of the health sector.”

However, Gentechnews commends the Acting VC AAU, Prof Asomwan Sonnie Adagbonyin who has been clearing the rot in the AAU Ekpoma, raging from admission, release of delayed results in other departments, among others and believe that the plights of the Nursing Science graduates of 2017/2018 set and the Nursing Science graduate’s of 2017/2018 set would be expeditiously tackled and break the jinx of delay in this department and organising a combined induction for these two set of Nursing Science graduates for them to leave this university system and contribute meaningfully to boost the dearth in the nursing profession and the health sector in the country.

All efforts made by Gentechnews to get the Acting VC AAU to respond to the Depressed and Tired Professional Graduates of the 2017 set AAU Nursing Science Petition and other issues did not yield any result as there was no feedback to the messages sent  to him after several weeks before going to press.

Depressed and Tired Professional Graduates of the 2017 set AAU Nursing Science Petition