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Sahara – Reporters learnt that following an announcement of the sale of the forms by EYN Microfinance bank, some Muslim prospective students registered their displeasure, alleging that the move would promote Christian faith.
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Some applicants have protested against the sale of application forms for Adamawa State College of Nursing and Midwifery by a bank presumed to be owned by a church.
SaharaReporters learnt that following an announcement of the sale of the forms by EYN
Microfinance bank, some Muslim prospective students registered their displeasure, alleging that the move would promote Christian faith.
The Provost of the college, Lami Aminu has denied the allegation but ordered that no further purchase of forms should be made through the said EYN bankh.
The college on August 16, 2022, issued a public notice inviting applications from suitably
qualified candidates for admission into Basic Nursing, Basic Midwifery, Community Nursing and Community Midwifery programmes.
However, one Shehu Ismail Thursday, representing a Muslim group in a protest piece titled, “We
Say No To College Of Nursing Favouring EYN Bank Against Other Faith’, kicked against the sale of the forms by the banks.
“Applicants, irrespective of faith, should also pay N500 into the account of Adamawa State Nursing and Midwifery Council Committee at EYN Microfinance Bank Yola.
“Our findings revealed that the EYN Microfinance bank limited, with the office address at NO. 1, EYN headquarters, Kwarhi, Adamawa
State was incorporated in Yola, Nigeria with Registration Number 1423616. It was registered on 07 Jul 2017 and its current status is unknown.
“As the Church’s establishment, through the bank, EYN will give the church some financial strength and grant the youth scholarships, capital, and the likes.
“This is unacceptable as the EYN will not accept any bank established by Islamic organisation or
the Mosque to be patronised by public institutions in a plural religious state like Adamawa.
“We are hereby calling on those who can reach out to the Adamawa state governor to let him
address our misgivings, we suspect (this) as gradual Christianisation of the state structures,” Ismail said.
Responding to the issues, the Provost, Aminu explained that the Nursing and Midwifery Council is a nongovernmental professional body
that regulates the conduct of nurses and midwives and that it is independent of the college of nursing and the state government that established the college.
“For easy operation and administration, the Nursing Council has established committees in the entire states of the federation.
“Every application form sold, the Nursing Council Committee has 500. The Committee, with a view to addressing the challenges associated with sharp practices capable of
shortchanging the Council, requested the management of the college to have every applicant pay the N500
dues directly into the Council’s Committee bank account, for which the Provost of the college gave the approval.
“I’m not aware that the EYN Microfinance Bank account presented by the Nursing Council Committee was faith-based,” Aminu said.
Accordingly, she directed the immediate suspension of the sale of admission forms into the college pending the review of the notice, in due course.
