By Charis Turner

The Veterinary Council of Nigeria has shut down the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Benin, Edo State.

The decision is a result of the university’s inability to meet the standard requirements to run Veterinary Medicine programmes at the institution.

A serving Assistant Inspector General of Police and President of the Veterinary Council of Nigeria, Dr Aishatu Abubaka-Baju, confirmed the development to journalists in Jos on the sidelines of the ongoing 60th Annual Congress of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association held in Jos, Plateau State.

The President maintained that the Council is determined to reposition veterinary medicine in public higher institutions across the country for more effective service delivery.