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Buhari Appoints Dr Ifedayo Adetifa As New NCDC DGPresident Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, announced the appointment of Adetifa on Monday, September 6.

Adetifa will take over from Chikwe Ihekweazu, who has been given an appointment at World Health Organisation (WHO).

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Ihekweazu had been NCDC DG since August 2016 when Buhari appointed him, but last week, WHO appointed him as an assistant Director-General.

In an official letter addressed to Ihekweazu, WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said the Nigerian is the deputy in charge of health emergency intelligence at the global health organisation.

The letter disclosed that he will assume the office on November 1, 2021, and will be in charge of WHO’s pandemic and epidemic response hub in Berlin, Germany.

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