Professor Innocent Achanya Otobo Ujah

Full Name: Professor Innocent Achanya Otobo Ujah

Date of Birth: 6^th November 1954

Place of Birth: Aidogodo-Okpoga, Okpokwu local government area

Village/LGA: Aidogodo-Okpoga, Okpokwu local government area

Education: 

• Our Lady of Lordes, Primary School, Aidogodo, Okpoga
• St Mary's Primary School, Otukpo
• Government Secondary School, Katsina-Ala
• Government College Keffi
• MB BS, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
• PgD in Management, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
• Diploma in International Maternal Health Care, (Dip IMHC), University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

Career Highlights & Awards: 

• 1994 - 2000: Head of Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Jos
• 1997 - 99: Member, Governing Council of University of Jos
• 2001: Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• 2006 - 08: Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos
• 2010 - 16: Director-General, Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Lagos
• 2020: Vice-chancellor, Federal University of Medical Sciences, Otukpo
• 2020: President, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA)