By Ayoola Olasupo
The Academy of Medical Sciences of Nigeria is set to usher in new leadership as it prepares to appoint Professor Joseph Ahaneku for a two-year tenure as president during its forthcoming convocation ceremony.
The Academy will also honour a Professor of Cardiology, Okechukwu Ogah, with a N10m Gold Medal Award for his immense contributions to medicine during the event.
Ahaneku, who is a fellow of the Academy, a former national president of the Association of Chemical Pathologists of Nigeria, and a professor of medicine and consultant cardiologist at the University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, previously served as Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Science and Technology, Abuja.
He will succeed the outgoing president, Emeritus Professor Osato Giwa-Osagie.
Other programmes at the convocation will include the 2026 annual scientific conference, the 2nd Annual Ohwovoriole Memorial Lecture, the induction of new fellows, and the Academy’s annual general
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