President Bola Tinubu has been appointed by the African Union (AU) as the champion for human resources for health and community health delivery partnership.
This was announced by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement issued on Friday.
According to Ngelale, the recognition, highlights Tinubu’s ambitious and people-focused endeavors in the health sector.
The statement reads, “In his new role, the commission subsequently invited President Tinubu to address the Ministerial Executive Leadership Programme (MELP) under the theme, ‘Impactful leadership in health: a whole government approach’, billed for Saturday, February 17, 2024, at the Africa CDC Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the margins of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of AU Heads of State and Government.
“The Tinubu administration is attracting global investments in Nigeria’s health sector for the provision of cutting-edge infrastructure, equipment, and world-class manpower for improved access to quality healthcare by all Nigerians.”