Barely 5 days after the demise of Prof. Anthony Ugochukwu former Commissioner for Health, had the Executive Governor of Enugu State sworn in an Associate Professor of Public Health Medicine, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi, as the new commissioner. During the swearing-in ceremony held today at the Government House, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi said, “the compelling need to re-establish commanding leadership for the State’s Health Care System in the face of the escalating Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, necessitated...

Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Anthony Ugochukwu, has died after a protracted struggle with chronic kidney disease, a family source has revealed. A statement on Saturday by the family representative, Dr. Kingsley Ugochukwu, announcing the death of the late surgeon, said that the deceased died on April 3, 2020, at the Memphy’s Hospital, Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ugochukwu was until his death a Consultant Surgeon and immediate past Provost,...

Again Kano State Private Health Institution Management Agency [PHIMA] has shut down a clinic allegedly operating with unqualified medical personnel. Reports indicate that the closure of the health facility named, Fresh-Care Clinic, situated in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano was based on complaints by residents over alleged unprofessional conduct of operations. A statement by the Executive Secretary of the agency Dr. Usman Tijjani Aliyu stated the persistent complaints of patients’ mismanagement at the...

The Government of Kaduna State has announced some measures it intends to take in order to manage the economic consequences the coronavirus pandemic would unleash. In a statement signed by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to Governor Nasir El-Rufai, the government said it arrived at the decisions after considering the report by its economic crisis response committee set up on 9th March 2020, by the Kaduna State Executive Council. The measures were described by the government...