FMC NGURU MEDICAL DIRECTOR BAGS MEDIA AWARD





The Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre Nguru, Yobe State, Dr. Abubakar Musa bagged Arewa Media Practitioners Award of Excellence for Humanitarian Services offered to the community and society, and for his unwavering cmmitment to transparency and accountability, as the medical director and Chief Executive of the Centre.

The award was presented to him in his office on Wednesday, to recognize his immense contributions to the well-being of the sick and the community in general.

Presenting the award to the medical director, Comrade Musa Mohammed who is the leader of the delegation and the national president of the Arewa Media Practitioners said, “We don’t just give out awards, we make sure that the recipient have impacted the lives of others, with some testimonies of people, before we give you our award plaque.


For Dr. Abubakar Musa, the people spoke well of him, which motivated us to consider him a recipient of the dynamic leader award.

“We believe that awards should be given to people who positively impact lives and not because of your fat bank account.

There is no other life other than the one that touches others, It is the essence of living and a legacy that must endures for a long time".


Receiving the award, Dr. Musa said he felt humbled and honoured about the award bestowed on him, saying “it is a form of encouragement and impetus to do more.




“I feel good and excited that we are contiributing something and people are independently acknowledging it.”

He noted that he had actually refused and turned down several awards because lots of them could not say what I did to deserve those awards.

“But the Arewa Media Practitioners has been able to tell us not only what we are doing right, but even gone beyond convincing me of their due diligence" he added.

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