National Physio News

The National Physio News (NPN) is the official news magazine of the Nigerian Society of Physiotherapy, developed with the purpose of informing physiotherapists across the nation of the happenings and new developments in the profession of physiotherapy, especially from the professional body's point of view.

It was designed to be a quarterly magazine, that is, to be published once every three month. NPN was first published in the 2000 under the editorship of Mr. E. B. John and Mr. Yinka Awolofolu, then the NSP Public Relations Officer as the chairman of the NSP editorial board.

In 2002, T. J. Oyewumi became the editor and the chairman of the NPN editorial board when he got elected as the Public Relations Officer of the NSP.

NPN has developed in leaps and bounds; improving not only in size but also in quality and texture with time.

Kayode I. Oke has been the editor-in-chief and chairman of editorial board of NPN since October 2004. it has refocused to aim at informing, representing and supporting the Nigerian Society of Physiotherapy in its real sense. Also, its scope of distribution/circulation has been improved upon reaching out to physiotherapists in the 6 geo-political zones of Nigeria, corporate bodies and individuals who have association/relationship with physiotherapy and other health professionals.

The editorial board of the NPN has Oluseyi Samson Aba as Secretary, with six (6) other members drawn from different geo-political zones in the country. The NPN also has two (2) editorial consultants: Professor A. O. Sanya and Lt. Col. J. A. Isi.

The NPN recently published as abridged version of the newsletter called the "National Physio Update" to some urgent developmental information to physiotherapists.

For more information about the National Physio News and how to receive it, contact:

Kayode, I. Oke,
The editor-in-chief,
National Physio News,
Department of Physiotherapy,
University of Benin Teaching Hospital,
Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
Mobile Phone: +234(0)8028824925; +234(0)835027408
Email: physionews@nsp.org.ng; kayodeoke2001@yahoo.com

OR
Kayode Oke,
P.O. Box 10225,
Benin City,
Edo State, Nigeria