Dr. Usman Bashir won an election in Kano that was very close. He is now the chairman of the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA), BUK/AKTH chapter.
The association conducted its maiden general meeting and elections at the lecture hall of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, BUK/AKTH Kano, according to Daily Nigerian.
Others elected are Dr Kabiru Abdulsalam from Chemical Pathology, BUK/AKTH as vice chairman; Dr Mustapha Yusuf from Medical Microbiology and Entomology, BUK/AKTH as secretary; Dr Sulaiman Abdulrashid from Maxillofacial Surgery, BUK/AKTH as deputy secretary; and Dr Zainab Abdulqadir from Family Medicine, AKTH as treasurer.
Also elected are Dr Sabir Muhammad Iya from Oral and Maxillofacial Basic Sciences, BUK/AKTH as financial secretary; Dr Kamal Sidi from Internal Medicine, AKTH as financial secretary; Dr Kamal Sidi from Internal Medicine, AKTH as public relations officer; Dr Adama Jibril from Human Physiology, BUK as welfare secretary; and; Dr Mahdi Gambo Disi from Human Physiology, BUK as auditor.
In his acceptance speech, the newly inaugurated branch chairman, extended an olive branch to all other contestants to come together and move the nascent association forward.
He promised to carry all members along to achieve the desired goal of improved welfare for medical and dental academics and address their peculiarities within the academia.
NAMDA is a labor union for medical and dental doctors who work in academia, teaching hospitals, research institutions, and other settings that involve teaching and research in medicine.
