Governors’ forum gets new Health Coordinator

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has engaged a new Health Coordinator to run its programmes in the health sector. He is Dr. Ahmad Abdulwahab, an experienced Public Health/Health Systems expert with over 20 years’ experience in the health sector both within and outside the country. Dr. Abdulwahab will function as an embedded consultant at the […]

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has engaged a new Health Coordinator to run its programmes in the health sector. He is Dr. Ahmad Abdulwahab, an experienced Public Health/Health Systems expert with over 20 years’ experience in the health sector both within and outside the country.

Dr. Abdulwahab will function as an embedded consultant at the forum’s health sector where the NGF has recorded a series of successes including getting Nigeria delisted from the group of polio ridden countries of the world.

He has worked with both government and International organisations.  He was a Director of Public Health in the Yobe State Ministry of Health; a State Team Manager, Deputy National Programme Manager and subsequently the National Programme Manager of the 65-million Pounds DFID-funded PRRINN-MNCH programme.

His last assignment before joining the NGF secretariat is being the Deputy Country Director/Programme Director Essential Medicines, with the Clinton Health Initiatives (CHAI) in Nigeria. He is also a consultant to Health Information Systems project, based in South Africa on the Global Health Security Health Agenda. He has also worked with several other programmes managed/funded by WHO, UNICEF, USAID, DFID, NORAD, CIDA, NORAD, BMGF, Netherland Leprosy Relief, World Bank and Global Fund.