The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Medical Initiative (BATMEDICS) has appointed Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, a former Kogi State Commissioner for Health, as its Director in Kogi State, as part of three leadership changes the organisation announced to strengthen its coordination, healthcare interventions and community engagement.
The statement was signed by Petra Akinti Onyegbule, BATMEDICS’ National Director, Research, Media, Publicity and Strategic Communications.
In a statement signed by the National Director, Research, Media, Publicity and Strategic Communications.Petra Akinti Onyegbule, BATMEDICS also named Professor Friday Philip Tungchama as its North-Central Regional Coordinator and Dr. Abdulhafiz Seun Are as National Director, Health Data and Voters Drive.
Audu is a physician and Senior Registrar I in Radiodiagnosis at the National Hospital, Abuja. As Kogi State Commissioner for Health, he was involved in developing and implementing health policies and programmes, as well as mobilising resources for the sector, the organisation said.
Tungchama is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Jos and a consultant psychiatrist at Jos University Teaching Hospital. A Fellow of the West African College of Physicians, he specialises in child and adolescent psychiatry and brings clinical, academic and research experience to the role, according to the statement.
Are, a physician and health technology executive, is Chief Executive Officer of Primed E-Health. BATMEDICS said he has experience in digital health systems, hospital digitisation and health information exchange.
The organisation said the appointments are aimed at strengthening its leadership structure and expanding its capacity to deliver healthcare interventions and deepen engagement with communities.
