The Chief Medical Director of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, Kogi State, Dr Abdulrahman Shehu, tells TOFARATI IGE and FAVOUR ABALAKA about his career, managing the hospital and other issues
Was becoming a medical doctor always your dream?
I wouldn’t say I had an early ambition of becoming a Chief Medical Director. However, I did aspire to become a medical doctor, although that desire didn’t begin in childhood. It was during my early secondary school years that I started picturing myself as a doctor.
My motivation was the desire to care for people’s health. Even at that age, I was particularly fascinated by human reproduction and renewal. I was drawn to reproductive medicine; the process of caring for women during pregnancy, ensuring the safe delivery of babies, and nurturing new life. That became my inspiration from secondary school and was what set me on the path to a career in medicine.
When it was time to choose a field of study in secondary school, I opted for the sciences. At that point, I was deciding between medicine and pharmacy. Initially, I didn’t fully understand the professional boundaries between the two careers. However, once I realised that medicine aligned more closely with my passion and aspirations, the decision became clear.
