FG Appoints New Registrar For Dental Therapists’ Registration Board Of Nigeria
By Alice Etuka, Abuja
The Federal Government has appointed Dr. Anisere Dele as the new Registrar for the Dental Therapists’ Registration Board of Nigeria (DThRBN), a parastatal of Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare.
Deputy Director Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, Alaba Balogun announced the development in a statement on Thursday.
Balogun informed that Dr. Dele’s appointment will run for a term of four years, effective 5th of May 2025.
Presenting the Letter of Appointment to the new Registrar in his Office, the Minister of State for Health & Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako 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 said.
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 practise of dental therapy. Because as long as we have quacks, then that means your body is failing of your primary responsibility, the regulation of practice”, the Minister asserted.
“And once you are regulating the practice, you are supposed to eliminate quacks”, he said.
While wishing Dr. Dele Anisere a successful tenure, Dr. Salako urged him to mobilise his wealth of experience and network to advance the growth of the Dental Therapists’ profession in the country.
