Mrs Anas, daughter of Ibrahim Anas, a former deputy governor in Borno State, is married to Hashim Kolo, who retired in 2013 from the Nigerian Air Force as Air Commodore.
on Thursday named eight special advisers, including Salma Anas, director of Family Health Services at the Federal Ministry of Health .
These stakeholders, including the Managing Director of Health Watch, a health-focused newspaper, Vivianne Ihekweazu, said that naming an adviser on health among the first set of appointees indicates that the health sector may receive the desired attention and priority under the new administration.Born on 23 March, 1966, Mrs Anas was raised in Maiduguri, where she completed her primary education at Shehu Garbai Primary School in 1978.
Before that, she served as the Director of special projects & national coordinator health sector humanitarian crisis response of the ministry. Mrs Anas also served as the assistant country representative/head of reproductive health/HIV, United Nations Population Fund, Nigeria, and the national team leader for the DFID-funded Maternal Newborn and Child Health project.Ibrahim Anas, the father of Mrs Anas, a retired police officer from Silumthla ward of Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, joined politics in 1977 after retirement.
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