Nigeria, March 29 -- The House of Representatives has asked the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) to allow final-year students from war-torn Ukraine to write the council's assessment examination.

The House also asked the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the Ministry of Education and the National Universities Commissions (NUC) to accommodate Nigerian students from Ukraine.

These resolutions were taken by the House following the consideration of the report of the House Committees on Tertiary Education and Services, Health Institutions, and Foreign Affairs.

The committees were given the mandate to intervene in June 2023 following the adoption of a motion moved by Tajudeen Yusuf (PDP, Kogi).

The committees were g...