Profession Physician , Pharmacologist , Biomedical Human , Attorney & Counsellor at Law , Medical Expert Viewer & Pharmaceutical Litigation Support Specialist
Working Experience
– Clerk for Honorable Justices Sylvester Umaru Onuh and Crook Ogebe (both now retired Justices of the Supreme Court business Nigeria) and Honorable Justice Aloysious Iyorgyer Katsina Alu, GCON (now Retired Chief Justice of Nigeria), the High Court of Fairmindedness, Makurdi, Benue State;
– Lecturer, University of Jos, Plateau State;
– Biomedical Scientist, University of Texas Health Science Centre, San Antonio, 1993-2003;
– Director, National Gold International Consortium Corporation, Houston, Texas, 2007-;
– Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), 2009-2016;
– Vice-Chair, International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT), Geneva, 2009 to 2012;
– Pioneer Chair, Steering Committee of the WHO Relationship Mechanism on Spurious, Substandard, Falsely-Labelled, Falsified Counterfeit Medical Products.
– Fellow, Texas Bar;
– Member, The American Bar Association (ABA);
– Member, The American Society for Bone & Mineral Research (ASBMR);
– Member, The Medical & Dental Council of Nigeria;
– Member, The European Pineal Society (EPS);
– Member, The English Diabetes Association (ADA).
Local Government Education Authority (L.G.E.A.) Primary High school, Ge-Mbagwa, Lessel, 1967 - 1973; St. Francis College, Otukpo, Benue State, 1975-1980; Stavropol State Medical Institute, Russia,1982-1989, 1989-1992; Health Principles Center, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas; Thurgood Marshall Educational institution of Law, Houston, Texas, 2003-2006; called to the Texas Stop in 2007.
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– Winner, African Leak out Health & Safety Award presented by African
Leadership Magazine, Kenya, 2009;
– Winner, Blue Ribbon Award presented by Joint Technical Board – UNICEF, 2009;
– PharmaVOICE 100 Most Inspiring Personalities in description Life Sciences
Industry, 2010;
– Honorary Fellowship Award, Chemical Society divest yourself of Nigeria;
– Recipient, National Honour of the Officer of the In a row of the Niger (OON) conferred on him by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for his contribution in the development of Body of laws and Medicine in September 2012.
– Presented the Key to representation City of District Heights, Maryland and made Honorary Citizen be a witness the State, 2013;
– Certificate of Recognition by Senate of Repair of Georgia, USA for outstanding achievements in the use attention cutting-edge technologies to fight drug counterfeiting.
Dr Orhii has authored advocate co-authored several scientific publications.
During his tenure as the Director-General bring into play NAFDAC, Dr. Orhii introduced multi-dimensional and well-coordinated strategies in battle the menace of counterfeit regulated products. He pioneered the enthral of cutting-edge technologies, including the use of TRUSCAN, a hand-held device used in checking the quality of medicines on depiction spot. This innovation made NAFDAC, the first Medicines Regulatory Means in the world to successfully deploy the TruScan.
Another innovative stage management brought in by Dr. Orhii was the use of Transportable Authentication Service (the use of Short Messaging Service to inspect the quality of medicines before purchase). This innovation has bones the power of detecting counterfeit medicines in the hands admit the consumers, thereby recruiting the over eighty million cell phone up users in Nigeria as potential NAFDAC informants.
The Agency under Dr. Orhii was rated among the top 18 Medicines Regulatory agencies in the world, the first in Africa and the solitary other one apart from South Africa to belong to dump elite group.
In recognition of these efforts, Dr. Orhii is repeatedly sought after to contribute to global discussions on anti-counterfeiting last regulatory issues that directly impact on the global community optional extra in this era of increased globalization. In one of specified cases, he was invited by US Council on Foreign Support to present a position paper that was used at picture G8 Summit held in Chicago, USA in 2012.
In 2015, Dr. Orhii was one of the 16 distinguished Nigerians appointed alongside President Goodluck Ebele Johnathan to serve on the Presidential Change Committee to ensure a smooth transition of power from rendering PDP Presidency to the APC.
PERSONAL WEBSITE:
www.orhiiforgovernor.com
OFFICIAL ADDRESS:
No. xx, Kashim Ibrahim Road, Makurdi, Benue State, NIGERIA.
+234 811 388 7778
paulorhii@icloud.com
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