Health
Ondo govt to transfer Akure hospital to FUTA Teaching Hospital
Written By: Abdullahi Izuagbe
16 Sep 2025 05:06 AM
Akure, Ondo – The Ondo State Executive Council has approved the transfer of University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) Teaching Hospital complex in Akure to Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), to serve as its College of Medicine and Teaching Hospital.
Briefing reporters after the Council meeting, presided over by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on September 11, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Banji Ajaka, said the move followed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval for FUTA to establish a college of medicine and a teaching hospital.
He said the Akure hospital complex would be ceded to the Federal Government to serve as FUTA’s main medical sciences facility.
“The handover includes the transfer of workers, infrastructure, equipment and liabilities. All employees will be absorbed into FUTA Teaching Hospital under the Federal Government,” Ajaka said.
The development, according to the Council, is expected to strengthen health care delivery in Ondo State, while advancing FUTA’s ambition to become a leading centre for medical sciences in Nigeria.
Also at the news briefing, Commissioner for Agriculture and Forestry, Leye Akinola, announced new measures approved by the Council to protect farmers from the impact of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which bans crops cultivated from deforested areas.
He said the government had approved agroforestry practices across selected forests, while ensuring reserved areas remained intact.
‘’Cocoa, cashew, oil palm and rubber farmers will be permitted to continue operations under strict mapping and traceability systems.
“By December 30, any crop that cannot be traced to a mapped farm risks being rejected at the EU market. To safeguard livelihoods, the state will support farm mapping and grant farmers permits to continue operations,” Akinola added.
The Council also approved a review of tariffs across agricultural produce and timber value chains, aligning Ondo with other Southwest states under the DAWN Commission framework.
Information Commissioner Mr Idowu Ajanaku clarified that each Council member had been directed to nominate a road project in his local government to impact communities directly.
He stressed that the initiative was not for private or partisan interests, but to ensure equitable development across the 18 local governments.
“These roads are outside the 2025 budgeted projects. They are supplementary interventions to touch communities and enhance connectivity,” Ajanaku added.
Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Hamidu Takuro, said the Council also ratified the appointment of Joseph Ilesanmi as the monarch of Sosan in Akoko Southeast Local Government.
Briefing reporters after the Council meeting, presided over by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on September 11, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Banji Ajaka, said the move followed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval for FUTA to establish a college of medicine and a teaching hospital.
He said the Akure hospital complex would be ceded to the Federal Government to serve as FUTA’s main medical sciences facility.
“The handover includes the transfer of workers, infrastructure, equipment and liabilities. All employees will be absorbed into FUTA Teaching Hospital under the Federal Government,” Ajaka said.
The development, according to the Council, is expected to strengthen health care delivery in Ondo State, while advancing FUTA’s ambition to become a leading centre for medical sciences in Nigeria.
Also at the news briefing, Commissioner for Agriculture and Forestry, Leye Akinola, announced new measures approved by the Council to protect farmers from the impact of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which bans crops cultivated from deforested areas.
He said the government had approved agroforestry practices across selected forests, while ensuring reserved areas remained intact.
‘’Cocoa, cashew, oil palm and rubber farmers will be permitted to continue operations under strict mapping and traceability systems.
“By December 30, any crop that cannot be traced to a mapped farm risks being rejected at the EU market. To safeguard livelihoods, the state will support farm mapping and grant farmers permits to continue operations,” Akinola added.
The Council also approved a review of tariffs across agricultural produce and timber value chains, aligning Ondo with other Southwest states under the DAWN Commission framework.
Information Commissioner Mr Idowu Ajanaku clarified that each Council member had been directed to nominate a road project in his local government to impact communities directly.
He stressed that the initiative was not for private or partisan interests, but to ensure equitable development across the 18 local governments.
“These roads are outside the 2025 budgeted projects. They are supplementary interventions to touch communities and enhance connectivity,” Ajanaku added.
Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Hamidu Takuro, said the Council also ratified the appointment of Joseph Ilesanmi as the monarch of Sosan in Akoko Southeast Local Government.
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