Abia Govt. Cancels Preliminary Test Session for Nursing Students

Following a protest by students of Nursing, Amachara and Federal Medical Centre, FMC, citing manipulation and fraud, Abia State Government has canceled the preliminary test session.

This was made known by the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mr Okey Kanu, during a briefing after the State Executive Council meeting in Umuahia.

“As a responsive government, a committee was set and the preliminary report of the committee showed that the exams be canceled while investigations continue.”

“Rest assured that very soon there will be another exam to ensure that all the issues associated with the problem are put right,” he stated.

According to NAN, the Principal Secretary to the Governor, Mr Chinenye Mba, stated that the investigative committee set up by the Governor had met with stakeholders and leaders of both institutions to ascertain what went wrong during the examination.

“After reviewing all the information that had been gathered from all the concerned parties, it was clear that the examination could have been conducted better to maintain the integrity expectation of an examination.

“We are still looking into the matter to ascertain exactly what went wrong during the examination and how these things can be corrected,” Mr Mba said.