President George Manneh Weah has accepted the resignation of the head of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Mr. Tolbert Nyenswah.
President Weah thanked Mr. Nyenswah for the time he served the people and Government of Liberia. He wished him well in his new endeavors.
Pending the appointment of a new Director General of NPHIL, the Liberian Leader has asked the Deputy Director of the NPHIL, Mosoka P. Fallah to act as head of NPHIL with immediate effect.
Additionally, President Weah has appointed Madam Jane Amanda McCauley as Acting Deputy Director General for Technical Affairs at NPHIL.
Mr. Tolbert Nyenswah resigned recently citing family reasons.
How did Tolbert Nyensuah perform?
Under his stewardship at NPHIL, Mr. Nyenswah succeeded in securing from the United States (U.S.) Government and the World Bank Group, over twenty (20) million U.S. dollars ($20 million), to construct the National Reference Laboratory and NPHIL headquarters in Congo Town, now in the second phase of construction.
NPHIL also secured US$15 million from the World Bank for three-year epidemiologic surveillance activities throughout Liberia.
He has served in various capacities at the Ministry of Health including office assistant in the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (now Ministry of Health), in 1999, Assistant Minister of Health and Deputy Chief Medical Office for Preventive Services (2012-2015); Deputy Program Manager of the National Malaria Control Program (2007-2011), serving concurrently as Acting Program Manager for two years (2009-2011).
