Babcock University inducts 20 new doctors

Twenty newly qualified doctors have joined Nigeria’s medical profession after Babcock University inducted the Orion 11 class at a special ceremony in Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State. The university presented the ceremony as part of its effort to strengthen the country’s healthcare workforce during a critical shortage of medical personnel.

The inductees received guidance from the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. Prof. Fatima Kyari, the council’s registrar and chief executive, was represented by Dr. Tijjani Ali Mandaka, head of the registration department and an assistant registrar. Mandaka described the induction as a defining moment in the doctors’ professional lives and urged them to practise with empathy, humility and respect for other healthcare workers.

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Our priority is to ensure that every doctor inducted into the profession is competent, compassionate, and ready to serve Nigeria’s healthcare needs.

He also advised the doctors to secure housemanship placements within the mandatory two-year period using their provisional registration certificates. Failure to do so, he warned, could require them to sit for a reassessment examination. He cautioned them against careless use of social media and encouraged them to seek guidance from senior colleagues when necessary.

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A doctor who doesn’t read is a dangerous doctor.

Speaking for the MDCN leadership, Mandaka said the council supported institutions that expand medical training while maintaining professional standards. “Our priority is to ensure that every doctor inducted into the profession is competent, compassionate, and ready to serve Nigeria’s healthcare needs,” he said.

Medical Elder Prof. Adeola Adebola Shokunbi urged the new doctors to make compassion and honesty central to their practice and to continue their medical education. “A doctor who doesn’t read is a dangerous doctor,” she said, while also warning them not to let financial considerations become their sole motivation. Babcock President and Vice Chancellor Prof. Afolarin Olutunde Ojewole told the doctors to focus on patient care. “No patient will ask about your graduation date, but about the care you give,” he said. The college provost, Prof. Adeola Fowotade, described medicine as a calling rooted in service and encouraged the inductees to keep learning and show genuine concern for patients.

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No patient will ask about your graduation date, but about the care you give.