“Are you aware of the increasing political gang-up against Professor Pate?!” A caller using a foreign number thundered down the phone line before the call suddenly dropped. While I expected the person to call again, I wondered which of the respected academics from Northern Nigeria he was referring to. I am aware of two professors […]
"Are you aware of the increasing political gang-up against Professor Pate?!" A caller using a foreign number thundered down the phone line before the call suddenly dropped. While I expected the person to call again, I wondered which of the respected academics from Northern Nigeria he was referring to. I am aware of two professors…
While Umar is the son of a local Fulani chieftain in Adamawa State and bears the traditional title of Kaigama, Muhammad is the son of a Fulani herdsman in Bauchi State and holds the traditional title of Chigarin Misau. The duo obtained their first degrees in Nigeria. Umar Pate, as President of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria , is an advocate of social accountability through investigative journalism and a leading light in capacity building through the modification of the journalism curriculum in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions, to address emerging trends.
Muhammad Pate also led the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation into Nigeria and guided their approach of direct engagement with the State Primary Healthcare Agencies. It was therefore not surprising that he was subsequently appointed as Health Minister by the Nigerian government though he later resigned and took up the position of a professor in Duke University’s Global Health Institute in the United States.
The caller said he was referring to Professor Muhammad Pate, who had just resigned as the chief executive of GAVI so that he could go back to Nigeria and make positive contributions to the health sector under the current administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, even as a formal announcement is yet to be made.
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