*All set for commissioning of Nigerian Academy of Dental Implantology at ABUTH By; SANI ALIYU, Zaria The International College of D
*All set for commissioning of Nigerian Academy of Dental Implantology at ABUTH
By; SANI ALIYU, Zaria
The International College of Dentists (ICD) will on Monday September 22, 2025, confer its prestigious award of Honorary Fellowship on the Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Professor Adamu Ahmed.
This was contaIned in a statement issued to newsmen by the Public Affairs Directorate of the university, which said, the honour is in recognition of Ahmadu Bello University’s outstanding support for the growth of dentistry at ABU Faculty of Dentistry.
This was contained in a letter conveying the award to Prof Ahmed by the Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Ibadan, Prof B Kolude.
The conferment of the ICD fellowship is in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of commencement of dental programme at University of Ibadan.
It is billed for 10:00am at Theophilus Ogunlesi Multi-Purpose Hall, University College (UCH), Ibadan.
Meanwhile, all is set for the commissioning of the Nigerian Academy of Dental Implantology (NADI) at the Faculty of Dentistry, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria.
The President, International College of Dentists (ICD), Dr Ian Doyle, will commission the medical facility on Wednesday September 24, 2025.
The academy, according to the Provost, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Prof. M. S. Shehu, would be a centre for training, research, and dental implantology services.
Prof. Shehu also said there would be strong collaboration with postgraduate medical colleges and other dental schools at the Academy in due course.
The academy, he further said, was sponsored by the International Postgraduate Medical College (IPMC), Jamaica.
The Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Prof Adamu Ahmed, will lead the ICD President, Ian Doyle, to the facility for commissioning.
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