President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, named Dr. Temitope Ilori as the new head of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS.
Ilori, the first woman to be appointed Director-General of the organization, started her first four-year term on February 22, 2024.
The Head of Public Relations and Protocol of NACA, Toyin Aderibigbe, announced this in a press release on Thursday. The PUNCH on Thursday.
Ilori took over from her predecessor, Dr Gambo Aliyu, who was the DG of the agency from June, 2019 until February, 2024.
Before her appointment, Ilori worked as 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 got her MBBS degree from the University of Ibadan and did 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.
