Juliet Jacob Ochenje
The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) has granted the request of forty-eight universities to double their admissions for Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS).
This is according to the Registrar of the Medical Laboratory Science Council, Dr Tosan Erhabor, who made this known in Abuja on Sunday.
He added that the measure was necessary because there were not enough scientists in the country, despite its huge population.
“The council would also double admission in 131 Colleges of Health Technology (CHT) offering Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) programmes with commensurate improvement in their capacity to provide quality training,” Erhabor said.
“With these, we will have more medical laboratory scientists and medical laboratory technicians to cater for the needs of our ever increasing population.
“MLSCN will continue to support re-certification training for foreign graduates of medical laboratory science from universities approved by the Ministry of Education.
“The council has also assessed, evaluated and registered 1,384 foreign graduates of Medical Laboratory Science, in pursuit of Section 4 of the council’s Act.”
