Federal Government has appointed 11 new Chief Medical Directors
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Federal Government has appointed 11 new Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) to pilot the affairs of the federally established medical facilities across states of the country.
A statement signed by the Director of Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Health, Patricia Deworitshe listed the names of the newly appointed CMDs as Prof. Nyandanti Yakub Wilberforce, FMC, Hong, Adamawa State, Prof. Issa Baba Awoye, , Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Buddo-Egba, Kwara State, Dr. Umar Faruk Abdumajid, FMC Daura, Katsina State, and Dr. Muhammad Shittu Adamu, FMC, Wase, Plateau.
Others are Prof Shuaibu Jauro Yahya, MD, FMC, Mubi, Adamawa State, Dr. Mercy Anugwu, MD, FMC, Onitsha, Anambra State, Prof. Auwalu Sani Salihu, FNPH Dawanau Kano State, Prof. Rufai Ahmed, Registrar/ CEO, Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria.
Also on the list are Prof. Mangwa J. Kortar, MD, FMC, Makurdi, Benue State, Prof. Robinson Chukwudi Onoh CMD, Alex Ekwueme, Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, Ebonyi State, and Dr. Nurudeen Isa, MD, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dala, Kano State.
The Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Health, Kachollom Daju, presenting letters of appointment for an initial four-year tenure to the new CMDs in Abuja, charged them to work together with the health workers and stakeholders as a team and explore all necessary avenues to provide a conducive work environment and Infrastructure aimed at achieving high standard health care.
