Dr Fatima Atiku, the daughter of
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, has described her tenure as Adamawa Commissioner for Health under
immediate past Gov. Muhammadu Bindow as memorable.
Atiku was one of the technocrats
Bindow appointed to help his administration transform the health sector of
Adamawa.
She told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Yola that her tenure brought about the formulation
of Adamawa Health Policy, Health Insurance Scheme, Cancer Registry for the
control of cancer scourge, among other initiatives.
“The four years was full of
experiences and quite memorable; it was my first time of occupying public
office and I learnt a lot of things through my interaction with a lot of people
and organisations.
“I feel very fulfilled that I was
given a chance and my impact was felt by the people of Adamawa,” the
ex-commissioner said.
Atiku, who dedicated her salaries
for the four years she served to support some health programmes in the state,
said she might not reject Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri’s invitation to serve in his
government, if extended.
“It is something I have to think
about; if not for anything but for the interest of the public,” she said.
NAN reports that while Atiku
stayed back, some serving commissioners left Bindow’s government when her
father defected from APC to PDP and emerged as its presidential candidate.
But Atiku, who attracted many
interventions from health organisations and international donors to the state
health sector, explained that she was not a politician.
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