This was contained in a statement of presidential personal assistant on new media Bashir Ahmad.President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of heads of five strategic health institutions inthe country.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad)July 29, 2016 The heads are: the Centre for Disease Control, National Agency for the Controlof Aids, the Nigerian Institute for Medical Research.Others are, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency and NationalHealth Insurance Scheme.The new appointees are:NIMR – Prof Babatunde SalamiNACA – Dr Sani AliyuNHIS – Prof Usman Yusuf.
NPHCDA – Prof Echezona EzeanolueCDC – Dr Chikwe Andreas IhekweazuAll the five appointments have already taken effect.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, 20162. 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, 20163. The head of the NIMR, Prof. Babatunde Salako was the Provost, College of Medicine at the Universityof Ibadan before his new appointment.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad)July 29, 20164. 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, 20165. The head of the NHIS, Prof. UsmanYusuf, was a professor of Paediatrics at St. Jude Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad)July 29, 2016The latest president’s appointments caused outrage among Nigerians over suggestions that Buhari is favouring people from the Northern Nigeria. President Buhari’s claims are untrue; he favours Northerners in his appointmentHis critics have characterized his appointments as extremely lopsided, lacking in gender balance and regional equity.However, the presidency denied such accusations.
