Tinubu appoints Ilori as first female DG NACA

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr Temitope Ilori as the new Director General of the National Agency For The Control of AIDS, NACA.

The Head of Public Relations and Protocol in the agency, Toyin Aderibigbe, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

With the appointment, Ilori became the agency’s first female Director-General and began her four-year term on February 22, 2024.

Ilori took over from her predecessor, Dr Gambo Aliyu, who was the DG of the agency from June 2019 till February 2024.

Until her appointment, Ilori was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan, and a Consultant Family Physician in the Department of Family Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan.