President Buhari Appoints Adetifa New NCDC DG

By Akinwale Kasali

Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa had been appointed  the new Director General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The appointment of Adetifa as the DG of the NCDC came few days after Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the incumbent DG, was snapped from Nigeria by the World Heealth Organisation, WHO, for an International appointment.

Garba Shehu, President Buhari’s Special Assistant on Media & Publicity, confirmed the appointment of Adetifa in a statement.

Before the appointment of Adetifa, Ihekweazu had been NCDC DG since 2016 when Buhari appointed him, but his appointment by the WHO last week, as Assistant Director-General, changed the narrative, with Adefila filling the vacuum.

In an official letter addressed to Ihekweazu, WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said the Nigerian is the Feputy in charge of Health Emergency Intelligence at the Global Health Organisation

He is to assume the office on November 1, 2021, and will be in charge of WHO’s Pandemic and Epidemic Response hub in Berlin, Germany.