President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of new Directors-General for five key institutions in the Ministry of Health. Three of them are from the United States of America and the United Kingdom while the remaining two are from Nigeria.
The President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, announced this via his Twitter account, saying that all the appointments are with immediate effect.
The agencies include: the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA), the Nigerian Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), the National Primary Health Care Development Agency and National Health Insurance Scheme (NPHCDA), as well as the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The new appointees are:
NIMR – Professor Babatunde Salami
NACA – Dr. Sani Aliyu
NHIS – Professor Usman Yusuf
NPHCDA – Professor Echezona Ezeanolue
CDC – Dr. Chikwe Andreas Ihekweazu
According to the tweets: “the head of the CDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, was the managing partner at EpiAfric, a public health consultancy firm that focuses on Africa.
“The head of the NIMR, Professor Babatunde Salako was the Provost, College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan before his new appointment.
“The head of the NACA, Dr. Sani Aliyu was a consultant in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Cambridge University, UK.
“The head of the NPHCDA, Echezona Ezeanolue was a professor of Paediatrics and Public Health at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
“The head of the NHIS, Professor Usman Yusuf, was a professor of Paediatrics at St. Jude Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. [myad]
