The Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), Prof Michael Adikwu, has disclosed that the institution has commenced the process of establishing a school of Pharmacy as a complement to its College of Health Sciences.

He mad this known while inaugurating a six-man committee to work out modalities for the successful take-off of the Faculty Pharmaceutical Sciences programme.

According to him, the committee would utilize existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on academic matters between the university and the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), Abuja, to facilitate the commencement of the pharmaceutical programme and design an academic curriculum for the Faculty including details of how all levels of the students would receive their training within and outside the university, and provide a timeline for the possible commencement of studies.