Nigerian physician Osahon Enabulele elected as World Medical Association president

FORMER Nigerian Medical Association president Dr Osahon Enabulele has been congratulated by the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) over his recent election as the World Medical Association (WMA) president.

Founded on September 17, 1947, the WMA is a global association of physicians and Dr Enabulele takes over from Heidi Stensmyren of Sweden later this month. He in turn took over from David Barbe, of the US, who served  as the WMA president for the 2020/21 executive year.

Dr Enabulele, 50, who is the current president of the Commonwealth Medical Association is the first to West African to be elected as WMA president-elect. In a congratulatory message, Nidcom chair Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa described his victory as a demonstration of his global acceptability based on hard work, dedication and doggedness in the discharge of previous responsibilities assigned to him.

Hon Dabiri-Erewa said: "Your appointment as the new president-elect of the WMA has broken two records as the first-ever Nigerian and West African physician to hold this apex title but also proves that hard work pays. We appreciate you for being a good ambassador of our dear nation, Nigeria,  praying that you keep the flag flying higher and higher. Once more, congratulations.",

She noted that the feat has placed Dr Enabulele's name in gold and will be engraved in history for younger generations to follow his footsteps. A consultant family physician at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital in Edo State, Dr Enabulele was also the first Nigerian to be elected chairman of the WMA socio-medical affairs committee.