By Akinwale Kasali

President Muhammadu Buhari has renewed the appointment of Gambo Aliyu, Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA.

The renewal of his appointment is coming less than three months to the expiration of President Buhari’s administration.

Disclosing the renewal of Aliyu’s appointment is the Head, Public Relations and Protocol of NACA, Toyin Aderibigbe, who issued a Press Statement of the development.

According to the statement, the approval of his reappointment was conveyed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.

Aliyu was first appointed on June 26, 2019, after his predecessor, Prof Sani Aliyu, resigned from the agency one year before the end of his tenure.

The reappointment of Aliyu takes effect from June 26, 2023, for a final term of four years.

It also noted that The statement also noted that the Chief Executive Officer at The National Lottery Trust Fund, Bello Maigari for another four-year tenure effective from February 26, 2023.

“The President has equally renewed the appointment of Dr Gambo Aliyu as Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS for a final term of four years effective from June 26, 2023.

The statement also noted that the Chief Executive Officer at The National Lottery Trust Fund, Bello Maigari for another four-year tenure effective from February 26, 2023.

“The President has equally renewed the appointment of Dr Gambo Aliyu as Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS for a final term of four years effective from June 26, 2023.

“A statement from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation says President Buhari congratulates both appointees and urges them to bring their wealth of experience to bear on their duties,” the statement read in part.

Aliyu, who is an epidemiologist and Public Health expert, attended the Ahmadu Bello University of Zaria, Nigeria, where he obtained Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1995, before he proceeded to the University of Maryland to obtain PhD in Epidemiology in 2012.

He was the chief of party for the Nigeria Indicator and Impact Survey until his appointment at NACA.