President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accepted the appointment of Dr. Abdu Mukhtar to serve as the National Coordinator of the Presidential ‘Unlocking Healthcare Value-Chain’ Initiative, which is domiciled below the Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare.
Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, disclosed this in an announcement on Tuesday.
He mentioned the appointment seeks to unlock billions of {dollars} of new funding into the nation’s healthcare supply system by a time-bound and cross-ministerial collaboration to restructure the ecosystem of Health Product manufacturing, Health Logistics providers, Health Technology providers, Health Retail providers (e-commerce), Health Provider facilitation, and Health Payor reform (Third Party Administrators & Insurers).
Ngelale defined that the initiative would guarantee a measurable enhance within the home manufacturing of generic prescription drugs, vaccines, biologics, and gadgets, as properly as a discount of outbound medical tourism by enhancing service high quality in Nigeria whereas catalyzing various well being ecosystems in-country.
It can also be anticipated to make sure a measurable enhance in amount of high quality jobs throughout the worth chain by improved FDI and native capital mobilization.
Mukhtar involves the duty as the quick previous Director of Industry & Trade Development on the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Prior to becoming a member of the AfDB, Mukhtar served as the Group Chief Strategy Officer of the Dangote Group of Industries, the place he performed a key function within the conglomerate’s enlargement of its cement manufacturing footprint into fourteen African international locations, along with essential joint ventures within the energy, oil & gasoline, and agriculture sectors.
This adopted a four-year tenure as the Chief Executive Officer of the FCTA’s Abuja Investment Company Limited from 2007 to 2011.
Mukhtar holds a Doctorate in Biotechnology from Boston University (USA); a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School (USA); a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a Medical Degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Ngelale added that Tinubu hoped that the National Coordinator would deliver to bear his huge expertise and tutorial {qualifications} within the efficient execution of the nationwide project such that the large financial boon represented by Nigeria’s healthcare-delivery system can transfer from potential and concept into actuality and follow following the Renewed Hope Agenda of his administration.
