The Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has approved the appointment of fourteen Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors in Teaching Hospitals, Federal Medical Centres and
Specialty Hospitals in Nigeria.
This was contained in an approval letter signed by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the
Acting President addressed to the
Honourable Minister of Health, Professor
Isaac Adewole.
The appointment which takes immediate
effect of 4 years tenure is in two categories.
Five of the appointees will be serving their
second and final term while the remaining
nine will be serving their first tenure.
The name of the new chief executive
officers and their health facilities are;
Professor Bisala Ekele (University of Abuja
Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada); Dr V.A.
Osiatuma (Federal Medical Centre, Asaba);
Professor Idris Suleiman (Federal Medical
Centre, Birnin Kudu); Professor Abdus Musa
(Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta); Dr O.O.
Alabi (Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja); Dr
Adejuwon Dada (Federal Medical Centre,
Ebute-Metta, Lagos); Dr Ibrahim Wakawa
(Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital,
Maiduguri); Dr O.C. Ogun (Federal
Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Lagos) and Dr
Shehu Sale (Federal Neuropsychiatric
Hospital, Sokoto).
The five that will be serving their second
tenure are; Professor A.Z. Mohammed
(Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano);
Professor Anthony Igwegbe (Nnamdi
Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi)
; Dr Wiza Inusa (Federal Medical Centre,
Jalingo); Dr Joseph B. Okegbe (Federal
Medical Centre, Calabar) and Dr Sunday Olotu
(Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Uselu,
Benin-City).
While congratulating the new appointees,
the Minister of Health charged them to
reciprocate the Federal Government’s
gesture by taking their appointment as a call
to service.
He also advised them to hit the ground
running by ensuring that they operate an
all-inclusive administration that will promote
efficiency, transparency and accountability.
Adewole stated further that the Chief
Executive Officers are to support the current
health Agenda of President Muhammadu
Buhari Administration which is aimed at
achieving Universal Health Coverage.
Prof. Adewole also reminded them that their
health facilities should provide leadership
for adjoining secondary and primary health
facilities through training and supervision of
healthcare services that are rendered. He
concluded by cautioning the new
appointees that Government will monitor
their performance and will not shy away
from wielding the big stick should anyone
abuse his/her office.
The health Minister also charged all the
professionals in the health sector to support
the new appointees in their health facilities
to reposition the sector.
He called on them to note that the success of
the new administration is the collective
success of the Nigerian health workers.
