Spread the word The Federal Government has advanced plans for the establishment of the Armed Forces College of Medicine & Health Sciences (AFCOM&HS) as a strategic national intervention to strengthen military healthcare services, address critical manpower shortages within the Armed Forces, and expand Nigeria’s overall medical training capacity. The initiative was progressed at a high-level meeting convened by the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, and the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suiwaba Sai’d Ahmed, with the Minister of Defence, Christopher Gwabin Musa, the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, the Director-General of the Ministry of Defence Health Implementation Programme (MODHIP), the leadership of the Nigerian Defence Academy, and key ...