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FACULTY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

The Faculty / Faculty Board

The Faculty meets at least twice a year. It is the Faculty that promotes professional training and standards of practice in the specialty. It also prescribes the curriculum for postgraduate professional training in the specialty. The Faculty conducts the Fellowship examinations in the specialty and organizes such other activities (e.g. workshops, symposia, update and revision courses) and other activities as may promote the aims and objectives of the College. The Faculty Board exercises the powers of the Faculties, by:

  • Preparing and periodically reviewing the curriculum for the Diploma of the Fellowship of the College in the Faculty.
  • Evaluating applications for all examinations for the Diploma of the Fellowship of the College in the Faculty.
  • Evaluating applications for candidates applying for the Fellowship of the College by-election and make recommendations to the Council, and
  • Evaluating applications from candidates for approved examinations of the College in the Faculty.

Education and Research Committee

This committee comprises the Chairman, Secretary and Chief Examiner from each Faculty. The President of the College is the Chairman of the committee and the Secretary-General the Secretary.  The Education and Research Committee performs the following functions:

  • Arranges workshops, seminars and other educational activities on behalf of the College.
  • Organizes and coordinates postgraduate courses.
  • Organizes the Annual Scientific Meetings of the College.
  • Through its Research sub-committee, makes recommendations on policies and priorities for research, organizes and supervises collaborative research with other organisations, seeks external research funding and disburses research grants.
  • Organizes and advises on such other activities as may enhance the educational and research functions of the College.

Accreditation Committee

The Accreditation Committee of the College comprises one Fellow from each Faculty of the College appointed by the Council on the nomination of the Faculty Board. The Chairman of the Committee is the College President and the Secretary is the Secretary-General.  The functions of the Committee are:

  • To carry out the inspection of institutions in the member countries which provide postgraduate professional medical education in order to assess the suitability of such institutions and their programmes for training in each particular specialty.
  • To determine the criteria for recognition of postgraduate medical specialist qualifications obtained outside the member countries.

Finance and General Purposes Committee

The Finance and General Purposes Committee comprises The President of the College, the Immediate Past President, the Vice-Presidents, the President-Elect, the Secretary-General, the College Treasurer and the Immediate Past Secretary-General.  The Committee acts on behalf of the full Council in between meetings of the Council and in situations of emergency where the full Council may not be able to meet. The functions of this committee are:

  • Preparation of annual estimates for the College.
  • Assisting the President and the Secretary-General in administering the College in-between Annual General Meetings.
  • Carrying out the directives of the Council.
  • Appointing senior staff of the College.

Administrative — College

Administrative — Nigeria Chapter

National Chairmen / VP Nigeria

National Chairmen/VP Nigeria

The first National Officers of the Chapter were Dr N.C Nwokolo of the Faculty of Internal Medicine serving as the National Chairman, while Dr P.O Fasan (Faculty of Community Health) and Dr W Kaine (Faculty of Paediatrics) were elected as the National Secretary and National Treasurer respectively for 1977 to 1981 tenure.

The past National Chairman of the chapter included

NAMEFACULTYYEAR
Dr N.C NwokoloFaculty of Internal Medicine1977 – 1981
Dr A.U AntiaFaculty of Paediatrics1982 – 1984
Dr A BinitieFaculty of Psychiatry1985 – 1986
Dr A.O SebanjoFaculty of Internal Medicine1987 – 1992
Dr S.F KukuFaculty of Internal Medicine1993 – 1996
Dr S.O DanielFaculty of Community Health1997
Dr C.U AbengoweFaculty of Internal Medicine1997 – 2000
Dr O.O FamuyiwaFaculty of Psychiatry2001 – 2004
Dr A.O OlumideFaculty of Community Health2005 – 2008 (first female National Chairman/VP Nigeria)
Dr Ifeoma EgbuonuFaculty of Paediatrics2009-2012
Dr ABO OmotosoFaculty of Internal Medicine2013 - 2016

National Secretaries

The following Fellows meritoriously served the Chapter as Past National Secretary

NAMEFACULTYYEAR
Dr P.O FasanFaculty of Community Health1977 - 1980
Dr ABO OyediranFaculty of Community Health1980 - 1982
Dr BCA JohnsonFaculty of Psychiatry1982
Dr W.I AdereleFaculty of Paediatrics1982 – 1986
Dr V.A NottidgeFaculty of Paediatrics1986 – 1988
Dr J.O AdewuyiFaculty of Laboratory Medicine1988 – 1990
Dr E.O.A EkunmeFaculty of Community Health1991 – 1996
Dr S.O AdemoyeFaculty of Family Medicine1997 – 2000
Dr J.O OgunbiyiFaculty of Laboratory Medicine2000 – 2001
Dr A.B AdekunleFaculty of Community Health2001 – 2002
Dr B.N OkeahialamFaculty of Internal Medicine2002 – 2006
Dr S.O NwosuFaculty of Laboratory Medicine2007 - 2008
Dr C.C EzechukwuFaculty of Paediatrics2008 – 2012
Dr S.B GarkoFaculty of Internal Medicine2013 - 2016

National Treasurers

#### The past National Treasurers included

NAMEFACULTYYEAR
Dr W KaineFaculty of Paediatrics1977 –1980
Dr T.C OkeahialamFaculty of Paediatrics1980 –1981
Dr A.O SebanjoFaculty of Internal Medicine1982 – 1986
Dr Tolu OdugbemiFaculty of Laboratory Medicine1987 – 1990
Dr C.S.S BelloFaculty of Laboratory Medicine1991 – 1993
Dr Ifeoma EgbuonuFaculty of Paediatrics1994 – 1995
Dr P.C CampbellFaculty of Family Medicine2000 – 2002
Dr G.A.O OzohFaculty of Internal Medicine2002 – 2004
Dr Kofo OdusoteFaculty of Family Medicine2005-2008
Dr I UlasiFaculty of Internal Medicine2008 – 2012
Dr Enebong IkpemeFaculty of Paediatrics2013 – 2016