MeCAM board is made of the Executive Members and Honourary Board of Trustees.
Honourary Board Trustees:
Beatrice Nwamaka Eluaka:
She is a Fellow of the Nutrition Society of
Nigeria and was at various times the Publicity Secretary, Secretary and
President of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria between 1983 and 2002. She is
currently the President of Association of Women Nutritionists in Nigeria.
Babatunde Oguntona:
Babatunde Oguntona was born in Lagos and had his early
education there. He attended the University of Ibadan and graduated with a
degree in Agricultural Biochemistry and Nutrition in 1970. He continued his
education abroad and returned to Nigeria after obtaining M. Sc. and Ph.D.
degrees in Nutrition from the Universities of London and Nottingham
respectively.
******Executive Team******
National Coordinator:
Remmy Nweke
+2348023122558 | 8041000475 | 8033592762 | 8172004283
remmyn [at] gmail.com
(Associate Co-ordinator - Finance & Secretariat)
Dooshima Abua - 070 3799 2120 doshiclo [at] yahoo.com,
(Associate Co-ordinator - R & D/Socials)
Emeka Anuforo - 080 5315 8750
(Associate Co-ordinator - Membership)
Rauf Ajakiaye - 080 2890 5010
rafiuajakaye [at] gmail.com
Honourary Board Trustees:
Beatrice Nwamaka Eluaka:
Beatrice
Nwamaka Eluaka
is Nutritionist/Dietitian
with over 35 years’ experience in Nutrition Programme Planning and Management.
She holds a Master of Science degree in Human Nutrition and Food from Howard
University, Washington D.C. 1980, a
Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Pratt Institute, New
York, 1979 and several Post Graduate Diplomas and Certificates in Dietetics and
Food Management, Infant Nutrition, Food Science and Nutrition, Health Planning
and Management, M&E of Health, Nutrition & Population Programs, from
institutions within and outside Nigeria.
Between 1982 and 2011, she worked as a
Nutritionist and Gender Focal Person in the Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria
with the responsibility for policy and programme design, implementation,
monitoring and supervision including capacity building for nutrition and
related health issues such as maternal, infant and young child nutrition, prevention
of non-communicable diseases, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of
HIV, promotion of key household practices and gender mainstreaming. She has
also been involved in nutritional status surveys and project monitoring and
assessment. She is a Master trainer on Baby Friendly Initiative, Infant and
Young Child Feeding Counseling and played a key role in the development of the
Health Sector Nutrition Policy as well as Guidelines and training manuals on
Nutrition.
Beatrice
has represented Nigeria at several regional and international fora on Nutrition
and Gender. Following her retirement from the Public Service as Head of
Nutrition in December 2011, she worked as an independent consultant on
Nutrition and Health issues providing technical support and advice to
International NGOs in her area of expertise. She was also deeply involved in
the training of community health workers and setting up and mentoring community
support groups for improving the nutritional status and quality of life of
women and children in Nigeria.
Between
2012 and 2016, she worked with Save the Children International as Nutrition
Advisor on the USAID sponsored SPRING Project which ended in September 2016.
Beatrice
joined Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) in October 2016
as Project Director.
Babatunde Oguntona:

On his return he was recruited as one of the pioneering
academic staff of the University of Maiduguri where he contributed immensely to
the development of that University in general and the discipline of Nutrition
in particular.
When the University of Agriculture was founded in Abeokuta
(UNAAB) in 1988, he was appointed the first Professor of that Institution. He
has been Head of Department, Dean of College and Director of Centre
respectively at UNAAB since 1990. In 2006 he was made Dean of Faculty of Agriculture
and Rural Development (FAMARD) at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (Ayetoro
Campus).
Prof. Oguntona has trained hundreds of students at both
undergraduate and post graduate levels over the past 36 years. He has published
extensively both nationally and internationally. He is a co-author of the
report on National Food Consumption and Nutritional Status (2001-2003) and the
principal author of Nigerian Food Composition Table (1995).He was Nutrition
consultant for the Federal Ministry of Health for 22 years (1990-2012) and has
done consultancy work for several governments ( Ghana, Liberia, Tanzania,
Sierra Leone and Zambia) International Agencies (FAO, WHO, UNICEF, Helen
Keller, Micronutrient Initiative (MI) and International Red Cross) as well
as other organizations. Over the years
he has been the recipient of many distinguished International Awards in
Nutrition (e.g. BP Protein, Leverhulme Trust, ACU/Carnagie Corporation).
Tunde Oguntona has been a Professor of Nutrition since 1990
and is a member of many professional and social organisations. He is the past
president of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria and a fellow of that society. He
is presently the Chair of Nigeria Beverage Panel.
Now retired, he does consultancy work for Universities,
foreign governments, Governments at Federal and State levels as well as
International Development Partners. He is married to Professor Clara Raquel
Oguntona, and they both have three children and five grandchildren.
Aminu
Magashi Garba:
Dr
Aminu Magashi Garba is the Chair Board of Trustees of Community Health and
Research Initiative (CHR), one of the leading and foremost advocacy NGO in
Nigeria using evidence based advocacy to improve health sector. Through the
work of CHR he has led series of advocacy at national level and 7 sub-national
governments that succeeded in timely releases of Immunization and lifesaving
drugs and commodities, increase annual budgets and improved transparency and
accountability through enhancing public participation.
In the past he has also facilitated
the emergence of over 10 multi-stakeholder national and subnational
accountability mechanisms in Nigeria focusing on health as well as led the
development of scorecards that track budget performance across all tiers of
government.
In
his voluntary capacity, he is the civil societies’ representative of the Global
Financing Facility Investors Group. He founded and coordinates the Africa
Health Budget Network (AHBN) which is à regional network that uses budget
advocacy to influence adequate health sector finances and improved transparency
and accountability. He is a celebrated newspaper weekly health columnist with a
Nigerian National Newspaper ‘Daily Trust’ for over 15 years and the publisher
of an online newspaper ‘Health Reporters – www.healthreporters.info’ that reports on Africa’s health.
Recently
he led a team of advocates in Kano State that saw the emergence of 2 laws “Kano
State Health Trust Fund” & “Kano State Private Health Institutions
Management Board”
He
holds an MBBS degree from University of Maiduguri, Nigeria (2001) and MSc in
Public Health from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2006/7) and
he is a British Chevening Scholar (2006/7). He is married with 2 kids.
******Executive Team******
National Coordinator:
Remmy Nweke
+2348023122558 | 8041000475 | 8033592762 | 8172004283
remmyn [at] gmail.com
(Associate Co-ordinator - Finance & Secretariat)
Dooshima Abua - 070 3799 2120 doshiclo [at] yahoo.com,
(Associate Co-ordinator - R & D/Socials)
Emeka Anuforo - 080 5315 8750
emekaanuforo [at] yahoo.com,
(Associate Co-ordinator - Membership)
Rauf Ajakiaye - 080 2890 5010
rafiuajakaye [at] gmail.com
(Director of Outreach)
Julie Ekong - +23480332669618
Juliafrcn [at] yahoo.com
(Legal Advisor)
Barr. Chike Emedosi - +2348039474300
(Legal Advisor)
Barr. Chike Emedosi - +2348039474300
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