The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, has approved the appointment and reappointment of board chairpersons and chief executive officers under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Nigeria.
The president’s determination is to bring world-class standards to the Nigerian public health administration, which is on the verge of delivering quality and affordable health care services to all of Nigeria.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has Mr. Mansur Kabir as Board Chairperson, Mr. Moji Adeyeye as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Abba Zubair as Board Chairperson, and Saleh Yuguda as Chief Executive Officer for the National Blood Service Commission (NBSC), respectively.
Mr. Afolabi Lesi, Board Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Fatima Kyari for the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Mr. Wasilat Giwa, Board Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed for the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN), Babajide Salako, as Board Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer, Tosan Erhabor for the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN).
Others are: Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola (MAUTH), Adamu G. Bakari Chief Medical Director and CEO, Reuben Eifediyi, as well as the Chief Medical Director and CEO of Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua (ISTH).
According to the press release share on X handle, Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity started that after the President has carefully selected the qualified and aforementioned Nigerians who will be tasked with driving his renewed hope agenda in the sector, he has approved the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer for the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Olajide Idris, Director-General and CEO, to assume office on February 19, 2024.
“The President expects that the new leadership across this critical human development sector will substantially raise the standards of healthcare service delivery for the exclusive benefit of all strata of the Nigerian population as his administration is committed to implementing a whole-of-government approach to transforming the sector to enhance aggregate national quality of life and productivity,
“Owing to the high cost of historical underperformance in the sector, the President anticipates the immediate and effective implementation of new policy frameworks to reposition the sector under the able leadership of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate,” Ngelale stated.
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Who is the new NCDC Director-General/CEO?
The newly appointed NCDC Director-General/CEO, Mr. Olajide Idris, received his MBBS degree from the University of Lagos’ College of Medicine. She then obtained a Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH) from the Ivy League’s Yale University in Connecticut, United States of America.
He served as the Commissioner of Health in Lagos State from 2007 to 2019, after serving as the Permanent Secretary in the Lagos State Ministry of Health from 1999 to 2007.
Who is the new NBSC chairperson?
The new appointment of NBSC Chairperson, Mr. Abba Zubairu, PhD, has served as the Medical Director of the world-leading Mayo Clinic in the United States of America, following a long career in which he served as a Resident Doctor at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) Hospital as a Post-Doctoral Fellow.
He undertook a clinical fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s Transfusion Medicine Programme, during which he obtained a Master’s degree in Clinical Science at the same institution.
Who is the new MDCN CEO, Ms. Fatima Kyari?
Ms. Fatima Kyari, PhD, the newly appointed MDCN CEO, is a renowned ophthalmologist and Fellow of the Nigeria Academy of Medicine (FNAMed) who obtained an MBBS degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
After that, she obtained a Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH) from the University of London’s School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine before she obtained a Doctorate degree in Public Health from the same institution.
