Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been appointed as the African Union’s (AU) Champion for Human Resources for Health and Community Health Delivery Partnership.
This is a sequel to President Tinubu’s drive towards innovative and people-focused initiatives in Nigeria’s health sector.
The appointment of President Tinubu is also in recognition of his commitment to train 120,000 frontline health workers nationwide within 16 months and to double the number of primary health facilities in communities across all local government areas of the federation from 8,800 to over 17,000 over the next three years.
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The Commission of the African Union (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa CDC) said in a letter to Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs that President Tinubu was appointed on the recommendation of the Committee of Heads of State and Government of Africa CDC, under the leadership of His Excellency, President Azali Assoumani, President of the Union of Comoros and Chairperson of the African Union.
These were made known on Friday in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.
In his new role, President Tinubu will address the Ministerial Executive Leadership Programme (MELP) under the theme, ‘Impactful leadership in health: a whole government approach’, scheduled for Saturday, February 17, 2024, at the Africa CDC Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the margins of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of AU Heads of State and Government.
The AU Commission on Health also acknowledged President Tinubu’s increased health personnel enrollment capacity from accredited nursing and midwifery institutions to accommodate the new demand created by new facilities across Nigeria.
The Africa CDC lauded the Nigerian leader’s resolve to establish a paid volunteer youth force of social accountability officers to monitor the operational functioning and financial integrity of primary health centres.
“The African Union has identified the Nigerian leader as the right champion for this noble and actionable continental effort.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT has been appointed as the African Union (AU) Champion for Human Resources for Health and Community Health Delivery Partnership, recognising his significant efforts in the sector.
With ambitious plans to train 120,000 frontline health… pic.twitter.com/fsoQGRA0hT
— Voice of Nigeria (@voiceofnigeria) February 16, 2024
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