Nigeria, March 7 -- The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved amendments that will enable the National Medical College of Nigeria to award doctorate degrees.

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, said the education ministry has worked with the Attorney General of the Federation to propose amendments to the National Postgraduate Medical College Act before forwarding it to the National Assembly for passage.

Mr Alausa disclosed this on Wednesday after the FEC meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu.

The minister has also clarified that the proposal was not to make medical fellowships an equivalent of PhDs.

In a Thursday statement by the spokesperson for the education ministry, Folasade Boriowo, the minister explained tha...