The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, says fellowship is not a substitute for Ph.D in the university system.
According to him, while fellowship is the highest professional qualifications for professionals in any non-academic organisation, PhD is the highest academic degree in the university system anywhere in the world.
He added that there was no basis for argument over the superiority of PhD over professional fellowship, stressing that such argument is tantamount to a waste of time.
He said: “Having a fellowship is good but if you want to engage in teaching and research in the university system, you must not downplay pursuit of a PhD, you cannot even compare your research in doing PhD with your professional or fellowship experiences”.
He spoke while receiving the delegation from the West African Postgraduate College of Medical Laboratory Science, (WAPCMLS), led by its President, Professor Nafiu Amidu,adding that the NUC will not encourage fellowship of any professional bodies or organization as a substitute for a PhD.
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The NUC Scribe explained further that Medical Scientists should endeavour to have a PhD being the highest academic qualification in the university.
He however said PhD is not required for the non-academic staff for their carrier progression, likewise those who practise in the hospitals, laboratories, among others and that they could aid themselves with professional programmes or fellowship.
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Professor Rasheed commended the delegates for availing themselves the opportunity to have a first-hand information from the commission on the contending issues surrounding the superiority of PhD over Fellowship and vice versa, saying the difference had been made clear to them during the meeting.
He said that most of the new knowledge in the Medical fields is attributed to Medical Scientists, noting that a typical example of such is the Covid-19 pandemic, which the leaders worldwide relied significantly on the laboratory scientists for possible cure.
In his presentation, the President of WAPCMLS, Professor Nafiu Amidu, who came from the university of Ghana, said that the visit was apt as the world was grappling with the challenges posed by the covid-19 pandemic, an infectious disease which had disrupted human and socio-economic systems and wreaked havoc on human life and livelihood.
He noted that the pandemic disease outbreak had exposed the weaknesses and gaps in the health manpower capacity and infrastructure in the African countries.
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