By Bunmi Agboola
Younger generation should consider veterinary medicine as a career choice.
The old students of the department of veterinary medicine, University of Ibadan 1990 set, gave the advice at a ceremony to mark their 35th anniversary, held at Ibadan Boys High school, Oke Bola.
Immediate past chairman of the Veterinary Association of Nigeria, Oyo state chapter, Dr James Adeyoyin explained that early exposure to professional talks would prepare the younger generation for a bright future.
“As a graduate of 35 years, we have seen the ups and downs of this profession, we want to tell the younger students to join the profession, we want to encourage them to maximise as it gives chance to practice another profession.”
The class captain of the set, who is also the acting chairman of the university of Ibadan veterinary medicine 1990 set , Professor Oyeduntan Adediran decried the alarming rate of exodus of veterinary doctors to foreign countries.
“We noticed that most of our trained veterinary doctors have been hijacked by foreign countries and the profession is not having enough veterinary doctors in the country again and we decided to expose the younger generation.”
The principal of Ibadan Boys High School, Dr Rasheed Fasasi said the professional talk would have a great impact on the younger generation.
The head boy of the school, Master Emmanuel Adenuga and some of the students appreciated the 1990 set for donating physics, chemistry, and biology textbooks, as well as a desktop computer to the library.
” I’m Emmanuel Adenuga, the head boy of Ibadan Boys High School. On behalf of the students, we appreciate the 1990 set of University of Ibadan veterinary medicine for this rare opportunity”.
The students added that the donated materials would encourage them to study sciences related courses.
Edited by Olaolu Fawole
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