EKSG APPOINTS FACT FINDING COMMITTEE FOR EKSUTH.

By Emmanuel Adeniran, Ado Ekiti.

In a bid to reposition the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti, as a leading Tertiary Health Care Institution, Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has approved the establishment of a Fact Finding Committee to look into the activities of the Institution from 2013 to date. This was contained in a press release signed by Mr. Yinka Oyebode, the Chief Press Secretary ( CPS) to Governor Kayode Fayemi and made available to Igbere Tv News Reporter, Emmanuel Adeniran in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday.

Members of the EKSUTH Fact Finding Committee as approved by the Governor are Professor (Mrs.) Ebun Adejuyigbe as Chairman; Professor Deji Agboola, Professor Simi Odeyinka, Professor Ayo Omotoso, Dr. Walter Yemi Olatunde, Mr. Ayoola Owolabi, Engr. Tunde Alabi and Mr. J.A. Obaparusi as Secretary.

The Fact Finding Committee is empowered to look into the leadership quality of the Hospital in terms of the roles of the Governing Board, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) and other principal Officers; to look into the financial management of the Hospital including statutory Allocations and Internally Generated Revenue over the recommended period and determine whether it was in compliance with appropriate regulation; to investigate the application of funds, particularly special grants, loans meant for specific projects in order to determine the status of such projects and their relevance for further funding and examine the processes and structures of the mechanism for the discipline of staff and students/interns in the Hospital in order to ascertain compliance with due process and rule of law. The Committee has four weeks to submit its report to the Governor, Dr. Kayodo Fayemi.