President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, July 29, appointed five new heads of the strategic institutions in Nigeria, this is according to the Personal Assistant to Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad.
Ahmad made the announcement via tweets on his Twitter handle moments ago.
Below are his tweets:
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of heads of five strategic health institutions in the country.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 29, 2016
The heads are; the Centre for Disease Control, National Agency for the Control of Aids, the Nigerian Institute for Medical Research.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 29, 2016
And the National Primary Health Care Development Agency and National Health Insurance Scheme.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 29, 2016
NIMR – Prof Babatunde Salami
NACA – Dr Sani Aliyu
NHIS – Prof Usman Yusuf
NPHCDA – Prof Echezona Ezeanolue
CDC – Dr Chikwe Andreas Ihekweazu— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 29, 2016
All the five appointments have already taken effect.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 29, 2016
1. The head of the CDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, was the managing partner at EpiAfric, a public health consultancy firm that focuses on Africa.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 29, 2016
2. The head of the NACA, Dr Sani Aliyu was a consultant in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Cambridge University, UK.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 29, 2016
3. The head of the NIMR, Prof. Babatunde Salako was the Provost, College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan before his new appointment.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 29, 2016
4. The head of the NPHCDA, Echezona Ezeanolue was a professor of Paediatrics and Public Health at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 29, 2016
5. The head of the NHIS, Prof. Usman Yusuf, was a professor of Paediatrics at St. Jude Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 29, 2016
