Janet Ogundepo
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research has defended the retirement of three research directors, saying their disengagement followed the Federal Government’s eight-year tenure policy for directors and was not a personal decision by its Director-General, Prof John Obafunwa.
The institute said it was directed by the Federal Government to implement the policy through separate directives issued by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation on February 10, 2026, and the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health on February 16, 2026.
In a statement sent to PUNCH Healthwise, NIMR said the affected officers received copies of the relevant government instructions, stressing that the institute neither formulated the policy nor introduced it through its DG, Obafunwa.
“The Federal Government, not NIMR, introduced the tenure policy. The retirement of three Research Directors resulted from the implementation of the Federal Government’s eight-year tenure policy for Directors.
“The policy was
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