Zulum Appoints Prof. Arab As Borno Healthcare Agency ED

Borno state Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved the appointment of Professor Mohammed Arab Alhaji as Executive Director of Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, (SPHCDA).

The appointment which is with immediate effect, was announced by Governor Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, in a statement issued on Wednesday.

59-year-old Professor Arab had served as Borno’s commissioner of health from July 2022 to May 2023. He previously served as Chief Medical Director of Borno State’s Hospital Management Board from September 2020 to July 2022.

Professor Arab is a medical doctor specialized in pediatrics, gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition.

The Professor was an Honourary Consultant Paediatrician at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, a backup consultant at Borno State Specialist hospital in Maiduguri, and visiting consultant to General Sani Abacha hospital in Damaturu, Yobe.

As an academic, Professor Arab authored and co-authored about 50 local and international academic publications as at 2020, and he mentored dozens of medical doctors.

According to the statement, he served in more than 20 Technical Committees as Facilitator/Investigator to several Government and Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) programmes which included the Federal Ministry of Health, Borno State Government on health projects, the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) among others.