NTNU developing early detection method for cervical cancer, says V-C

Prof. Huseyin Sert, the Vice-Chancellor of Nigerian Turkish Nile University (NTNU), Abuja, said the institution’s researchers were working toward developing early detection method for cervical cancer.
Sert, who disclosed this at an interaction with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, said efforts were also being made to develop same for breast cancer.
According to him, the research works are being conducted in collaboration with some universities.
He said “we are working to develop a sophisticated method of developing cervical cancer.
“We are looking at coming out with cheap methods such that our doctors at the rural areas can actually diagnose cervical cancer at the early stage; we are also doing same for breast cancer.’’
The vice chancellor said that the university had four faculties and 13 functional departments and had obtained
full operation licence from the National Universities Commission (NUC).
Sert said the school aimed to produce graduates that were sensitive, tolerant, inventive, confident and enterprisingly ready to face the problems of Nigeria and the world.
He added that the NTNU had started the construction of new faculty buildings to house the Faculty of Law and the proposed Medical Faculty.
“We hope to increase the number of undergraduate programmes in the next academic session after approval from NUC.
“Some of the programmes awaiting approval from NUC include; Industrial Chemistry, Information Communication Technology and Microbiology.
“The Postgraduate School of NYNU commenced in 2014 and now runs 11 Master of Science(MSc) programmes and Postgraduate Diploma Programme (PGD)with the approval of NUC.’’
Sert said that the quality of lecturers in the school was high as it boosted of lecturers from all parts of the world, including Nigeria and Turkey.
He said that for Nigerian universities to be ranked among the best in the world, they needed to share knowledge and ideas and focus on research and development, including student/staff exchange.
According to him, NTNU believes that every Nigerian child deserves good education, irrespective of gender, financial status or ethnicity.
He said 15 per cent of NTNU’s students under scholarship were indigent but brilliant students, adding that there were plans to increase the quota of poor students to 20 per cent.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NABN) reports that NTNU was established as a private university in 2009 with two faculties and seven departments.