Echezona, Yusuf & More: President Buhari Appoints CEO's of 5 Nigerian Health Agencies

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new
chief executives for five health agencies, with two
coming from the US and another from the UK.

 

According to an exclusive report by TheCable
News, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed
new chief executives for five health agencies, with
two coming from the United States of America and
another from the United Kingdom.

The new appointees from the presidency are;

1. Echezona Ezeanolue - a professor of paediatrics
and public health at the University of Nevada, Las
Vegas, who will head the National Primary Health
Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)

2. Usman Yusuf - a professor of paediatrics at St.
Jude Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee,
who becomes the executive secretary of the
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

3. Aliyu Hussein - a consultant in microbiology and
infectious diseases at Cambridge University, UK,
will head the National Agency for the Control of
Aids (NACA).

4. Chikwe Ihekweazu - a public health consultant
doctor and the managing partner at EpiAfric, a
public health consultancy firm that focuses on
Africa, will head the Centre for Disease Control
(CDC).

5. Babatunde Lawal Salako - a professor and
current provost of the College of Medicine at the
University of Ibadan, will be chief executive of the
Nigerian Institute for Medical Research (NIMR).