Tinubu appoints Anisere Dele as new registrar for dental therapists’ registration board

The federal government has appointed Anisere Dele as the new Registrar of the Dental Therapists’ Registration Board of Nigeria (DThRBN), a body under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.

The announcement was made by the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Adekunle Salako, who officially presented the letter of appointment to Dele at the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Salako commended the thorough selection process that led to the appointment.

Dele’s appointment would run for four years being effective from May 5, 2025

This was contained in a statement on the official X handle of the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation on Thursday, May 8.

The statement partly reads:

“The Federal Government has appointed a new Registrar for the Dental Therapists’ Registration Board of Nigeria DThRBN, a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare.

“He is Dr. Anisere Dele, whose appointment will run for a term of four years, effective 5th of May 2025. Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, Honourable Minister of State for Health & Social Welfare, stated while presenting the Letter of Appointment to Dr. Anisere Dele in his Office at the Ministry’s Headquarters, Abuja.

“Speaking further, the Minister recalled and commended the due diligence process put in place by the Ministry for appointing a new Registrar for the Dental Therapists’ Registration Board of Nigeria, DThRBN.

“Your appointment, which followed a rigorous and due diligence process, was highly commendable and, am happy that eventually we were able to appoint and come up with somebody who will help our DThRBN office for the next four years, the Minister emphasised.

“On the expectations of government for advancing the dental therapist profession, he charged the new Registrar to eradicate unlicensed practitioners and eliminate unapproved or non-accredited programmes in health Institutions.

“The other thing, of course, is how to grow the profession, how to ensure that we eliminate quackery from the practice of dental therapy. Because as long as we have quacks, then that means your body is failing in its primary responsibility, the regulation of practice, the Minister asserted.” [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>