SPOTLIGHT - PROFESSOR TEDDY EYAOFUN AGIDA MBBS(IB), FWACS, MPA, Cert.ART(Cairo), PF-IART(WACS)
-    CLASS OF ‘82
-    PROFESSOR, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, OTURKPO, BENUE STATE 
-    MEDICAL DOCTOR
-    LIVES IN ABUJA, NIGERIA

Professor Teddy Eyaofun Agida was born in Ogoli in Ugboju district of Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State on 21st of November, 1965. 

He had his First School Leaving Certificate from Wesley Primary School (Now LGEA Primary School) Ogoli in June, 1977. 
He obtained his GCE O’Level Certificate from Mount Saint Gabriel Secondary School Makurdi in June 1982 and was the best graduating student of the set. Thereafter, he gained admission into the University of Ibadan in October 1982 and graduated with MBBS degree in July 1988. 

He did his one-year Internship with the then General Hospital Makurdi (now Federal Medical Centre) from September 1988 to September 1989. NYSC programme followed with the Nigerian Airforce Medical Centre Maiduguri from October 1989 to October 1990, then residency training with the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital from 1991 to 1998. Prof obtained the Fellowship Certificate of the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS), qualifying him as a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in October 1998. He had worked as Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri (January 1999 – October 1999), Federal Medical Centre Makurdi (November 1999 – October 2007) and the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Abuja (November 2007 to date). 

He has trained many Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in these Institutions that he has worked. Some of them are already Professors and others Chief Executives Officers of Public Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria. He acquired a certificate in Assisted Reproductive Technology (Cert.ART) from Al-Azhar University, Cairo Egypt in 2010, and trained as a Fertility Specialist with the West African College of Surgeons between 2021 and 2022, acquiring the Post-Fellowship Certificate in infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology of the West African College of Surgeons [PF_IART(WACS)], thereby qualifying him as a Fertility Expert. With this experience, Professor Agida has been putting smiles on the faces of couples who have difficulties in having children of their own.

Professor Agida is an academic. He rose through the ranks and has been an Associate Professor with the College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja since October 2019. He was recently appointed as a full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology by the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State. He has attended several local and international scientific conferences where he also presented papers. He has published over sixty papers in both local and international scientific Journals, and has also contributed chapters to medical textbooks.

Between 2015 and 2019, Professor Agida had worked as a Consultant to various International Agencies such as Marie Stopes International Organization Nigeria (MISION), Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), John Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynaecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sierra Leone as a Master Trainer in areas of Reproductive Health. He has also consulted for the Federal Ministry of Health in areas of Reproductive Health and Family Planning.

Administratively, he has held positions as 
-    Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Makurdi (2000 – 2005)
-    Deputy Head of Clinical Services, FMC Makurdi (2003 – 2005)
-    SERVICOM Nodal Officer, FMC Makurdi (2004 - 2007)
-    Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee/Director of Clinical Services and Training, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Abuja (2010 – 2012)
-    Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Abuja/University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (2019 – 2023)
He was appointed a member of the Governing Board of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital by President Muhammadu Buhari from March 2018 to June 2023. 

Professor Agida  is a devout Catholic. He is a member of the Order of the Knights of St. Mulumba (KSM) Nigeria. He is married with Children.