Mr Ujah, a former director-general of the Nigerian Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), polled 347 votes to beat his closest rival, Oguzie ‘Jerry-the-First’, who got 19 votes.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday congratulated Innocent Ujah who was elected as the new President of the Nigerian Medical Association in an unprecedented virtual election, which held on May 30.
A Consultant, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Ekpe Philips Uche, emerged Secretary-General of NMA, scoring 264 votes, while his closest rival, Galadinma Usman, got 113 votes. In Tuesday’s congratulatory message, President Buhari said the elected officers have admirable profiles that will take the organisation to greater heights.
“The NMA is a major pressure group in the health sector and some even argued it is a quasi-trade Union.
He said the evaluation was necessary to ascertain if measures taken so far are appropriate and correct.
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