Tinubu seeks global experts for cabinet positions. He has made some political and security appointments involving high-calibre individuals whom Nigerians have described as square pegs in square holes since taking office on May 29, 2023.
As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu cabinet takes shape, there are signs that he is looking for internationally known technocrats to head crucial departments.
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Not only that, but he has scattered the appointments to represent the principle of the country’s federal nature.
On the sidelines of his recent participation in the France economic conference, it was learned that he intends to lure specialists with international influence to work for his government in order to fulfill his campaign pledges.
According to a source, one of these persons is former Nigerian minister of state for health Mohammed Ali Pate.
On July 14, 2011, he was appointed minister of state, following his job as executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency in Abuja.
He later left on July 24, 2013, to become a Professor at Duke University’s Global Health Institute in the United States.
He led the conception and implementation of Nigeria’s Saving One Million Lives Initiative, which intended to improve maternal and child health outcomes in the country, during his tenure as minister.
Yesterday, talks about Tinubu’s health minister gained pace when he rejected a hefty offer to become Gavi’s new CEO.
After Pate declined the offer, Gavi has appointed David Marlow, the company’s current chief operations officer, as interim CEO, effective August 3, 2023.
According to Gavi, Dr Pate informed the global health organization’s Board Chair and Vice Chair that he had made an extremely difficult decision to accept a request to return to Nigeria and assist.
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Dr. Pate has contributed significantly to the field of public health. While working as a Senior Health Specialist and Human Development Sector Coordinator for the African Region at UNICEF, he oversaw far-reaching health sector reform programs in Africa, East Asia, and other parts of the world.
He was also the World Bank Group’s global director for Health, Nutrition, and Population and the director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children, and Adolescents (GFF), where he led efforts to mobilize resources and improve health outcomes for women, children, and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.
