Pecohub The Academy of Medical Sciences of Nigeria (AMSN) has installed the former Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, as its new president.
Prof. Ahaneku, a renowned consultant chemical pathologist and current Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Science and Technology, Abuja, was installed on Saturday in Lagos alongside 11 other executive officers of the Academy. He will serve a two-year term, succeeding Emeritus Professor Osato Giwa-Osagie.
The Academy also presented its highest honour, the Nobel (Golden) Prize, to Professor Okechukwu Ogah, a distinguished consultant cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
Professor Ogah received a N10 million cash prize alongside a medal.
Additionally, the Academy conferred its fellowship on 12 professors and one PhD holder who have distinguished themselves in various fields of medical sciences across Nigeria.
Their inductions follow the admission of 15 fellows in 2025 and 13 in 2024, further expanding the numerical and professional strength of the body.
Swearing them in at an event held in their honour in Ikeja, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Academy, Olorogun Dr Sonny Folorunso Kuku, stated that the new president, the gold medallist and all 13 inducted fellows were experts in their respective fields.
He noted that they had all undergone a rigorous selection process and fulfilled the stringent conditions set by the Academy. He congratulated the inductees and wished them success in their roles.
The newly inducted fellows include: Professor Sunday Akintoye (Oral Medicine); Professor Emmanuel Balogun (Enzymology and Molecular Biology); Professor Rasheed Balogun (Nephrology); Professor Ene Ette (Clinical Pharmacology/Pharmacometrics); Professor Okechukwu Ogah (Cardiology); Professor Omonike Ogbole (Pharmacognosy/Phytomedicine); Professor Anthony Okorodudu (Pathology/Clinical Chemistry); Professor Olusola Olawoye (Ophthalmology); Professor Adebola Orimadegun (Paediatrics and Child Health/Clinical Epidemiology); Professor Bamidele Owoyele (Physiology/Neuroscience); Professor Wellington Oyibo (Medical Parasitology); Professor Musa Yakubu (Biochemical Toxicology/Reproductive Biochemistry and Ethnopharmacology); and Dr Abiola Adeniyi (Dental Public Health).
