WorldStage Newsonline– The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate has charged the Chief Medical Director of FUTA Teaching Hospital, Akure, Prof. Olusegun Ojo to fulfill the intentions of the Renewed Hope Agenda.
Pate gave the charge while presenting the letter of appointment to Ojo in Abuja.
The minister congratulated Ojo, urging him to also fulfil the training needs of the College of Health Sciences of the Federal University of Technology (FUTA), Akure.
President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda aims to improve health outcomes, enhance service quality and affordability, and expand Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for all Nigerians.
Ojo was appointed the pioneer CMD of FUTA Teaching Hospital, Akure by President Tinubu on Feb. 28.
According to Tinubu, the appointment is for four years, effective from March 5, 2025.
Until his appointment, Ojo was the Provost of the College of Health Sciences of the Federal University of Technology (FUTA), Akure.
Ojo is a Professor of Pathology at the Obafemi Awolowo University College of Health Sciences, Ile Ife and a Consultant Histopathologist to 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.
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.
Since 1990, Ojo has maintained a research and clinical interest in gastroenterology – study of liver diseases and the disorders of the digestive tract.
He has been instrumental in establishing a collaborative network of researchers in this field in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, known as the Gastroenterological Society of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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.
The don, who currently serves as the Chairman of the Faculty of Pathology at the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, is extensively published in Gastroenterology and Anatomical Pathology in international journals.
