The Ondo State Governor has approved the appointment of Prof. Adesegun Fatusi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo as the new chairman of the state inter-ministerial committee against COVID19.
His appointment followed the demise of the Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro who was also the Chairman of the State Inter-ministerial Committee.
In a statement released on Saturday,the appointment is aimed at preventing a vacuum as the State experiences a disturbing spike of repeated cases of COVID-19.”
Prof. Fatusi is a Professor of Community and Public Health and past Provost of the College of Health Sciences at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He has served in different capacity in different reform committees and boards as well as a Director of the OAU’s Institute of Public Health and worked with the UNFPA as reproductive health advisor. He is the chair of Nigeria’s National Technical Working Group on Adolescent Reproductive Health and Development.”
