Health minister charges new CMD of FUTA teaching hospital to fulfil FG’s agenda
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has charged the chief medical director of FUTA Teaching Hospital, Akure, Olusegun Ojo, to fulfil the intentions of the Renewed Hope Agenda.
Mr Pate gave the charge while presenting the appointment letter to Mr Ojo in Abuja.
The minister congratulated Mr Ojo, urging him to also fulfil the training needs of the College of Health Sciences of the Federal University of Technology (FUTA), Akure.
Mr Ojo was appointed the pioneer CMD of FUTA Teaching Hospital by President BolaTinubu on February 28.
According to Mr Tinubu, the appointment is for four years, effective from March 5, 2025.
Until his appointment, Mr Ojo was the provost of the College of Health Sciences of the Federal University of Technology (FUTA), Akure.
Mr Ojo is a professor of pathology at the Obafemi Awolowo University College of Health Sciences, Ile Ife and a consultant histopathologist at the affiliated Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH).
He obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, in 1983 and subsequently undertook postgraduate residency training in pathology.
Mr Ojo achieved the Fellowship of the Nigerian Postgraduate Medical College in Anatomical Pathology in 1989 and also obtained a Doctor of Medicine degree in 2021.
Additionally, he has served as the president of the Society for Gastroenterology in Nigeria (SOGHIN) and the Africa Middle East Association of Gastroenterology (AMAGE), a subsidiary of the World Gastroenterology Organisation.
(NAN)
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