By Leshi Adebayo
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu confirmed the appointment in a statement on Monday.
According to Shehu, Adetifa will take over from Chikwe Ihekweazu, who has taken up an appointment with the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Ihekweazu had been NCDC DG since 2016 when Buhari appointed him, until last week when WHO appointed him as an assistant Director-General.
WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus via an official letter to Ihekweazu, said the Nigerian is the deputy in charge of health emergency intelligence at the global health organisation.
He stated that he (Ihekweazu) 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.
