The Centre for Integrated Health Programmes (CIHP) Nigeria has appointed one of Nigeria’s foremost advertising practitioners, ‘Lolu Akinwunmi, as its Chairman.
Akinwunmi takes over from Muhammed Yahaya, who retired recently after many meritorious years.
While commending Alhaji Yahaya for the significant progress made by the organisation under his leadership, CIHP expressed the optimism that Akinwunmi would bring his years of experience in marketing communication and nation-building to steer the organisation to new heights of accomplishments.
Prior to this appointment, Akinwunmi has been on the board of CIHP.
The CIHP evolved from the Multi-Country Columbia Antiretroviral Programme (MCAP) of the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, New York, and is a leading not-for-profit non-governmental organisation, promoting better health outcomes for Nigerians through the creation of sustainable systems and partnerships.
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CIHP comprises a team of committed professionals using their collective learnings and experiences, innovativeness, and passion for excellence to deliver equitable, quality, cost-effective, and integrated health interventions through sustainable partnerships with funding support from PEPFAR/U. S. Government through USCDC, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among others.
The organisation is focused on transforming lives for improved health and development outcomes across Nigeria.
Akinwunmi is the founding Group CEO of the Prima Garnet Africa Group, a leading Marketing Communication and Advertising Group, and sits on the Boards of other organisations. He is a Fellow of ARCON, the Advertising Registration Council of Nigeria, (formerly APCON), and also a Fellow of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria. For many years he sat on the African Board of Ogilvy Africa Johannesburg, part of a major global Advertising Network Group.
In 2008, Mr. ‘Lolu Akinwunmi was appointed by the Federal Government as the pioneer Secretary of the Rebranding Nigeria Ad Hoc Committee, and the same year the pioneer CEO of the Nigerian Rebranding Project Support Group by President Goodluck Jonathan to manage the Nigerian Rebranding Project (Good People Great Nation). In 2010, President Goodluck Jonathan also appointed Akinwunmi the 5th Chairman of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON, a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.