FG appoints new CMDs for 11 federal medical centres

For the federally constructed medical facilities around the nation, the federal government has selected 11 new chief medical directors.

This information was released on Thursday and made accessible to our correspondent 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 are Professor Nyandanti Yakub Wilberforce from the Federal Medical Center in Hong, Adamawa State, Professor Issa Baba Awoye from the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Buddo-Egba, Kwara State, Professor Umar Faruk Abdumajid from the FMC in Daura, Katsina State, Professor Muhammad Shittu Adamu from the FMC in Wase, Plateau, Professor Shuaibu Ja

Others are Dr. Nurudeen Isa of the National Orthopaedic Hospital in Dala, Kano State, Prof. Mangwa Kortar of the FMC in Makurdi, Benue State, Prof. Robinson Chukwudi Onoh of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, and Prof. Mangwa Kortar.

Daju, however, gave the new CMDs a mandate to collaborate with the healthcare providers and other stakeholders and investigate all available options in order to create a favorable work environment and infrastructure for providing high-standard healthcare services.

She said, “It may be difficult, but no difficulty is insurmountable, and your nomination is a testament to the confidence the Federal Government reposed in you.”

She urged them to use the knowledge and experience they had accumulated over the years at their various health facilities, stressing that the length of their tenure will depend on how well they performed.

Daju gave the assurance that the ministry will offer the required assistance with the resources at its disposal to enable them to fulfill the hospital standard.

Dr. Anugwu replied on behalf of the newly appointed directors, thanking President Bola Tinubu and the ministry for recognizing their qualifications for the position.

We will exert all of our effort to advance the health care system in our facilities, she vowed, adding, “We will not rest, we will move along with Mr. President’s vision and make sure that our people receive the best, and we will not disappoint you. We will do our best to improve the lot of our people.