All is set by the Academy of Medicine Specialities of Nigeria (AMSN) to induct 13 renowned medical researchers, who are professors in various medical fields, as new members.
The academy will also honour four serving Nigerian ministers, namely: Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate; Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Uche Nnaji; Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa; and the Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, as well as a retired bank director, Mr. John Oyetan, and Chief Sir Kessington Adebutu, a philanthropist businessman with honourary fellowships.
Additionally, the professional body will likewise inaugurate the newly elected President, emeritus Professor Osato Giwa-Osagie, who is succeeding Prof. Oladapo Ashiru after the completion of his tenure, and some other officers.
The outing President of the Academy and reproductive consultant endocrinologist, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, made this disclosure at a pre-event media briefing held in Lagos on Monday towards the academy’s forthcoming annual general meeting and conference.
According to him, the annual conference, which is slated for Lagos on Saturday, October 26, will feature the current Chairperson of the Health Sector Reform Coalition, Nigeria, Dr. Mustafa Muhammed Lecky, as a keynote lecturer.
Lecky will speak on the theme, “Achieving Effective and Sustainable Reform of the Nigerian Health Sector in a Challenged Economy.”
Prof. Ashiru listed the 13 researchers to be inducted to include Mrs. Cecilia Igwilo, who is a distinguished professor of pharmacy; John Anetor, a professor of chemical pathology; Prof. Akinlolu Ojo, a physician and academic medicine leader; Joseph Fadare, a professor of medicine; and Olayinka Ogunleye, a professor of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics.
Others, according to him, are Victor Lasebikan, a Professor of Psychiatry; Oyindamola Abiodun, a professor of pharmacology; Mrs. Titilola Samuel, a professor of endocrinology and molecular oncology; Olufunsho Awodele, a professor of toxicology and therapeutics; Prof. Blessing Jaja, a Neuroscientist/Clinical Anatomist whose research activities have resulted in four scientific breakthroughs; Linus Saalu, a Professor of Anatomy; Prof. Abidemi Akindele, an outstanding pharmacologist; and Dr. Ogunbayode Ishola, who is an associate professor of pharmacology.
Ashiru, who is the ChairmanCEO of Medical Art Group and the first black person globally to be elected as the Secretary-General of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), a non-state global organisation on fertility, said all the listed individuals were considered among several others after a rigorous selection process based on their notable contributions to the field of medicine, nation’s building, and humanity.
He, however, lamented the poor state of the country’s economy, particularly as it pushes up the cost of medication and treatment beyond the reach of many Nigerians, saying something must be done fast to arrest the situation.
He declared that AMSN, as a professional body, would continue to find positive ways to move the health sector to a greater height.
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