As a public health professional and health economist, my work experience has revolved around
issues that promote efficiency in national or sub-national health systems from academic and
experiential perspectives. I have been involved in managerial capacity building for emerging
leaders and senior health managers as a tool for optimizing scare health resources.
In 1987, my qualification as a medical doctor was an entry point into the health ecosystem, which
exposed me to financing gaps in public and private facilities – an inspiration for a Master of Public
Health degree (MPH) in 1996, specializing in health financing & management. My thesis was on
the ‘Attitude to and Acceptance of User Fees in Public Health Facilities in a Local
Government of Lagos State’. Its hypothesis on the potential for governments in LIMC to expand
health revenue while considering the effects of user fees on equity, health seeking behavior and
health outcomes, was a primer to further studies and research in health economics. I was very
fortunate to study health economics at the University of York, UK (considered the best health
economics school in Europe) in 2014 and Harvard University, USA in 2021.
It is a privilege to have served as a health policymaker in the most populous state of Nigeria and
currently chief medical officer of a global professional services firm. This is the wealth of
experience I bring to my future assignments.
African countries produce technically sound health professionals – doctors, nurses, pharmacists
etc. What is often missing is the capacity to groom leaders and develop managerial competencies.
I am committed to enhancing the capacity of senior health professionals in governance, managerial
and financial skills to produce quantitative and qualitative results for sustainability of health
systems in Nigeria and beyond.