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  • You have our support back home, Buhari tells WMA President-Elect, Enabulele

    You have our support back home, Buhari tells WMA President-Elect, Enabulele

    President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Dr Osahon Enabulele on his election as the President of the World Medical Association (WMA) for the 2022-2023 Executive year.

    He praised the former President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in a statement on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

    According to the statement, the President recognises that at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the world, a Nigerian has been elected to lead a very important body such as the WMA.

    He believes WMA members, around the globe, deserve commendation for their life-saving roles and personal sacrifices to save humanity.

    “President Buhari trusts that the current President of Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) will bring his wealth of experience in the medical field and impressive leadership skills to his new position,” the statement said.

    “The President wishes Dr Enabulele, a Chief Consultant Family Physician, every success in the new assignment, assuring him of the Federal Government’s unflinching support.”

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reported that Dr Enabulele emerged as the WMA President-elect following voting that lasted almost one week by participating medical associations from various countries across the world.

    He vied for the position with Dr Muhammad Nizami, a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and President of the Pakistan Medical Association.

    Dr Enabulele succeeded Dr Heidi Stensmyren of Sweden who was the President-elect of the association until the latest development.

    Based on the WMA structure, Dr Stensmyren takes over from Dr David Barbe of the United States as the WMA President for the 2021 – 2022 executive year.

    The WMA President-elect is expected to give his acceptance speech during the 2021 General Assembly of the association scheduled to hold on Friday next week in London.

    He has become the first Nigerian and West African physician to be elected President of the WMA since the global body of all physicians in the world was established in 1947.

  • Nigerian, Dr Osahon Enabulele emerges President-Elect of World Medical Association

    Nigerian, Dr Osahon Enabulele emerges President-Elect of World Medical Association

    President of Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA), Dr Osahon Enabulele, has emerged as the President-elect of the World Medical Association (WMA).

    His emergence comes after almost one week of voting by participating medical associations from various countries across the world.

    Dr Enabulele, a former President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), takes over from Dr Heidi Stensmyren of Sweden as the President-elect of the association.

    He vied for the position with Dr Muhammad Nizami, a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and President of the Pakistan Medical Association.

    Based on the WMA structure, Dr Stensmyren takes over from Dr David Barbe of the United States as the WMA President for the 2021 – 2022 executive year.

    Dr Enabulele rose to the position of President-elect after over 14 years of his engagement at the global level.

    In 2019, he became the first Nigerian physician to be elected as President of CMA since the body was founded in November 1962.

    Also in the same year, Dr Enabulele became the first Nigerian physician to become a statutory Council Member of WMA, as well as the first Nigerian physician to ever chair one of the only three standing committees – Socio-Medical Affairs Committee (SMAC) of the association.

    This followed his election as Chairman of SMAC in Chile in 2019, he was re-elected for another term as Chair of SMAC in 2021.

    The WMA President-elect is expected to give his acceptance speech during the 2021 General Assembly of the association scheduled to hold on Friday next week in London.

    He is now the first Nigerian and West African physician to be elected President of the WMA since the global body of all physicians in the world was established in 1947.

    Dr Enabulele will be superintending over the WMA during the 2022 – 2023 executive year.