Eleven new Chief Medical Directors have been chosen by the federal government to lead the nation’s federally established medical facilities.
This information was released on Thursday in a press release that was signed by Patricia Deworitshe, the FMoH’s director of press.
The Federal Ministry of Health’s Permanent Secretary, Kachollom Daju, delivered the letters of appointment to the new CMDs in Abuja for a four-year initial term that will begin on August 1, 2023, according to the release.
The new CMDs and their designated Medical centres are Prof Nyandanti Yakub Wilberforce – Federal Medical Centre, Hong, Adamawa State; Prof Issa Baba Awoye – Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Buddo-Egba, Kwara State; Dr Umar Faruk Abdumajid – FMC, Daura, Katsina State; Dr Muhammad Shittu Adamu –FMC, Wase, Plateau; Prof Shuaibu Jauro Yahya – FMC, Mubi, Adamawa State; Dr Mercy Anugwu – FMC, Onitsha, Anambra State; Prof Auwalu Sani Salihu– FNPH, Dawanau, Kano State; Prof Rufai Ahmed – Registrar/ Chief Executive Officer, Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria.
The rest include, Prof Mangwa Kortar – FMC, Makurdi, Benue State; Prof Robinson Chukwudi Onoh – Alex Ekwueme, Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, Ebonyi State; and Dr Nurudeen Isa – National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dala, Kano State.
