Former Kogi Health Commissioner, Saka Haruna, Gets BATMEDICS Appointment

‎Former Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu has been appointed Director of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Medical Initiative (BATMEDICS) in Kogi State.
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‎His appointment is one of three leadership changes announced by the organisation to strengthen its coordination, healthcare interventions, and community engagement.
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‎In a statement announcing the appointments, BATMEDICS named Professor Friday Philip Tungchama, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Jos and consultant psychiatrist at Jos University Teaching Hospital, as its North-Central Regional Coordinator.
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‎Dr. Abdulhafiz Seun Are, a physician and health technology executive, was also appointed National Director, Health Data and Voters Drive.
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‎Audu, a physician and Senior Registrar I in Radiodiagnosis at the National Hospital, Abuja, previously served as Kogi State Commissioner for Health, where he was involved in the development and implementation of health policies and programmes, as well as resource mobilisation for the sector.
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‎Professor Tungchama, a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians, specialises in child and adolescent psychiatry and brings clinical, academic and research experience to his new assignment.
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‎Are, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Primed E-Health, has experience in digital health systems, hospital digitisation and health information exchange.
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‎According to BATMEDICS, the appointments are aimed at strengthening its leadership structure and expanding its capacity to deliver healthcare interventions and deepen engagement with communities.
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‎The statement was signed by the National Director, Research, Media, Publicity and Strategic Communications of BATMEDICS, Petra Akinti Onyegbule.
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