FG appoints new CMDs for 11 federal medical centres

The federal government (FG) has approved the appointment of new chief medical directors (CMDs) for 11 federal medical centres.

A director at the federal ministry of health, Patricia Deworitshe, in a statement on Thursday announced the appointment of new chief medical directors.

Deworitshe also announced that the newly-appointed CMDs will be serving for a four-year term while backdating their appointment to August 1, 2023.

The new CMDs include Nyandanti Yakub Wilberforce, Federal Medical Centre, Hong, Adamawa state; Issa Baba Awoye, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Buddo-Egba, Kwara and Umar Faruk Abdumajid, Federal Medical Centre, Daura, Katsina state.

Also included are Muhammad Shittu Adamu, Federal Medical Centre, Wase, Plateau; Shuaibu Jauro Yahya, Federal Medical Centre Mubi, Adamawa state; Mercy Anugwu, Federal Medical Centre Onitsha, Anambra state; Auwalu Sani Salihu, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Dawanau Kano state; and Rufai Ahmed, Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria.

The other newly-appointed CMDs are Mangwa J. Kortar, Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue state; Robinson Chukwudi Onoh, Alex Ekwueme, Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, Ebonyi state; and Nurudeen Isa, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dala, Kano state.

While presenting them with their appointment letters, the ministry’s permanent secretary, Kachollom Daju, congratulated the eleven new appointees.

Daju in her address also charged them to work together with the health workers and stakeholders as a team.

The ministry’s permanent secretary further urged the new chief medical directors to explore all necessary avenues to provide a conducive work environment and infrastructure aimed at achieving a high standard of health care.

“It may be challenging but there is no challenge that is unsurmountable and your appointment is an indication of the confidence that the federal government reposed in you,” she said.

According to Daju, the ministry will provide necessary support within the available resources to enable the new CMDs meet the hospital standard.