The Vice Chancellor  Plateau State University Bokkos, Professor Shadrack Gaya Best, has reiterated the unwavering commitment of the university’s management to producing graduates who possess the "Intellectual Acumen" to compete with their counterparts globally.

Professor Best gave the  emphasises that PLASU students are being groomed to stand tall in the international labour market and contribute meaningfully to societal growth during a high-level visit by the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN). 

Describing the regulatory visit as a significant "Boost" to the institution, Professor Best expressed absolute confidence in the faculty’s trajectory, revealing a bold "Strategic Roadmap" aimed at transforming the department into a premier centre for pharmaceutical excellence in West Africa.

 "We have an ambition to make this faculty a big and reputable one," He stated that,  "Management is working tirelessly to engage the services of more experienced Best Eleven academics  to meet the  staffing needs. 

He  call on the PCN to assist  in identifying brilliant young graduates in the field to fill existing voids.

The pharmacy council’s delegation was at the university to inspect and verify the resources of the newly established  faculty.

The Vice Chancellor acknowledged the current challenges regarding inadequate laboratories, office suites, and classroom spaces within the faculty. 

However, he assured the delegation that the university is proactively working to address these "Visible Threats" to academic comfort, in strict alignment with the requirements submitted by the Dean of the Faculty.

Supporting this stance, the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Professor Moses Galadima Pyefa, affirmed that the university management would provide all the needed  equipment to support  the faculty’s programmes  to be successful and accredited.

In her  remark on behalf of the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria,  Professor Busayo Olayinka, clarified that the advisory visit was designed to ensure the university starts its pharmacy programme on a "Solid Footing."

As the regulatory body for both training and practice, the PCN’s role is to verify that human resources and facilities meet the required standard of the profession.

Among the Key Recommendations from the PCN was the need for Staffing, hence the university is expected to start head hunting and engaging highly experienced senior staff.

The council advised for an immediate expansion of the faculty building to include a dedicated, state-of-the-art pharmacy library and  the need for increased space to accommodate the burgeoning number of students attracted to the  PLASU’s medical sciences.