Tinubu Appoints First Female DG Of NACA

President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr Temitope Ilori as the new director–general of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA).

Ilori is the first female to be appointed DG of NACA. The appointment is for the initial term of four years, starting 22 February, 2024.

This was disclosed in a statement made available by the head of public relations and protocol of NACA, Toyin Aderibigbe, yesterday in Abuja.

Prior to her appointment, Dr Temitope 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.

She obtained her MBBS degree from the University of Ibadan and had her residency training at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

Ilori 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 (NPMCN).

Ilori has a Bachelor of Science (BSc) and a Master of Science (MSc) degrees in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

She is a PhD Fellow at the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa sponsored by the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa.

Her areas of research interest include Primary Care, Immunisation, Public Health Nutrition, Non-Communicable Diseases, and Women’s and Child’s Health. She is a prolific researcher who has co-authored over 30 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

she has been involved in policy formulation and strategic development. she was a commissioner for health, Osun State, from 2011 to 2014 and chairperson, Osun State Agency on Control of HIV/AIDS (O-SACA), and Osun State Technical Working Group on Immunisation.