By Nurat Uthman
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, appointed Dr. Temitope Ilori as the new Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS.
Ilori, who is the first female to be appointed the Director-General of the agency, began her initial term of four years on February 22, 2024.
The Head of Public Relations and Protocol of NACA, Toyin Aderibigbe, made this known in a press statement made available to The PUNCH on Thursday.
Ilori took over from her predecessor, Dr Gambo Aliyu, who was the DG of the agency from June, 2019 till February, 2024.
Up until her appointment, Ilori was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan, and a Consultant Family Physician in the Department of Family Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan.
“Dr Ilori obtained her MBBS degree from the University of Ibadan and had her residency training at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. She graduated as the best graduating Fellow of the Faculty of Family Medicine, West African College of Physicians in April 2012, winning the A.O. Senbanjo Prize. She is also an Associate Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria,” the statement added.