The Vice-Chancellor of Lead City University, Prof Aderemi Adeyemo, has urged the Federal Government to begin a scholarship scheme for students of private universities in Nigeria.

Adeyemo said this during the second international conference of the institution’s Faculty of Basic Medical and Applied Sciences on Monday.

At the event, the Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, who was represented by a member of the Governing Council of the University of Ibadan, Prof Akinola Alada, delivered a keynote address, which was themed, ‘Transformational research innovations/approaches for national health and technological advancement.