CMUL Alumni Newsletter - December 2011 Edition

From the Desk of the Provost

CMUL Alumni Newsletter

Inside this issue:

Inside Stories: ANDI recog-

nises UNILAG as Centre of

Excellence

2

What they have done with

their degrees!

3

Stars among Us 4

Birthday Wishes 7

Support the Rejuvenation

Campaign

9

Feedback from Alumni/

Alumnae

10

36 Newly qualified Physio-

therapists inducted

12

NESG select Dr. Osholowu

as emerging Nigerian En-

trepreneur for 2011

13

We were there 14

The foremost College of Medicine in Nigeria in the University of First Choice

Newsletter Date: 31st

December, 2011.

Alumni Relations and

Advancement Unit

This edition is the last for the year and

I like to appreciate all of you for your

overwhelming support since we

started the Alumni Newsletter. I want

to assure you that we will not relent in

our efforts to keep you abreast of the

happenings in the College.

It should be noted that from 2nd—7th

October, 2012, we will roll out the

drums and sound the alarm for the

celebration of our 50 years (GOLDEN

JUBILEE) of MEDICAL EDUCATION

in the University of first choice and

Nigeria’s pride. It should be noted

that the first set of 28 Medical Stu-

dents commenced lectures on October

3, 1962..

I can assure you that it is going to be

an event to remember and I enjoin all

of you both within Nigeria and in the

diaspora to block your calendars and

be part of the celebrations. The Uni-

versity of Lagos in General will cele-

brate the Golden Jubilee as from April

4 to October 4, 2012.

For this reason we have uploaded an

alumni form on our website

(www.cmul.edu.ng) for our alumni to

fill online so as to enable us update

their details and communicate with

them regularly.

I enjoin you all to kindly inform your

classmates to log on to our website and

fill the form to enable us stay in touch.

The Golden Jubilee celebration pro-

vides a unique opportunity for

Alumni/Alumnae to give back to the

College so as to enable her resuscitate

some of her decaying infrastructure

and upgrade the facilities to the 21st

century standard.

May I also use this medium to wish

you all a Happy and Prosperous 2012.

Prof. Alagunmba Lewis

Nwosu passes on

14

Crack your ribs a bit 15

As it was in the beginning 16

Guess Who? 17

One on One with the Col-

lege Secretary 18


The African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics

Innovation (ANDI) at its Annual stakeholders

meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 27th

October, 2011 recognized the University of Lagos

as an “ANDI Centre of Excellence for Malaria Di-

agnosis” among 32 other African institution.

This feat was keenly contested for by 120 foremost

African Universities before UNILAG was finally

given a slot.

The ANDI Centres of Excellence are spread across

the five sub-regions of Africa and are conducting

research, development and innovative activities on

drugs, diagnostics, vaccines, medical devices and

traditional medicine. They will also implement

ANDI Projects and capacity building in the conti-

nent.

The goals of ANDI are to increase research and

developmental collaboration among African insti-

tutions and countries through the management of

the Centres of Excellence in Health Innovation and

also fund and manage a portfolio of Health R & D

Projects, support and promote public-private part-

nership with new firms within Africa so as to sup-

port the development and manufacture of new

drugs, diagnostics and other health products.

The stakeholders’ meeting held in Addis Ababa

was attended by over 400 participants including

scientists, policy makers, donors, governmental and

non-governmental organisations from Africa and

overseas.

The Alumni Relations and Advancement Unit con-

gratulates the entire staff of Department of Microbi-

ology and Parasitology and the team of researchers

led by Dr. Wellington Oyibo, an Associate Profes-

sor of Medical Microbiology and wishes them

more achievements.

ANDI Recognises UNILAG as Centre of Excellence in Health Innovation in Africa

CMUL Orientates Freshers

The orientation programme for new students into the College of Medicine of University of Lagos

was carried out on 17th of November, 2011. This years orientation was eventful as the Alumni

Relations Unit invited Dr. L.I.D. Kufeji, President, National Postgraduate Medical College of Ni-

geria (NPMCN) to give a talk to the new students with a view to giving them tips on what lies

ahead of them in their various disciplines in the College.

Dr. Kufeji, an alumnus of 1970 Set, put them through the precepts on how to be successful in

their various endeavours in the College without abandoning to extra-curricula activities.

The Provost, in his speech, also encouraged the students and told them to follow the footsteps of

the numerous ambassadors of the College who had laid good foundation which they must build

on.

From L-R: The Provost, Prof. O.A. Atoyebi

and Dr. Wellington Oyibo posing with the

ANDI Award.

Dr. Leonard Idowu Dovi

Kufeji, was born in Lagos on

8th April 1944 and hails from

Oyo State.

He attended St. Paul Catholic

Primary School Ebute-Metta

(1950-56) and St. Gregory’s

College, Obalende, Lagos

(1957-64) for his primary and secondary education

respectively .

Dr. L.I.D. Kufeji was admitted into the College of

Medicine, University of Lagos in 1965 and ob-

tained the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Sur-

gery (MB.BS) degree with distinction in Surgery in

June , 1970. Following his housemanship, he pro-

ceeded to do his residency training in Surgery at

the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. During

his training programme in LUTH he proceeded to

the Commonwealth Postgraduate Medical Col-

lege, Hammersmith London where he did his

clinical attachment in Cardiothoracic and Vascular

Surgery (1976-1978).

He became one of the earliest Fellows (by Exami-

nation) of the National Postgraduate Medical Col-

lege of Nigeria in the Faculty of Surgery

(Cardiothoracic Surgery) in 1977.

He was the Secretary-General of the Nigerian

Medical Association (NMA) 1977, Consultant Sur-

geon, Ada Hospital, Lagos (1978-1980), Chairman,

Continuing Medical Education Committee, Na-

tional Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria

(1980-1984) and Lecture Convener, Faculty of Sur-

gery National Postgraduate Medical College of

Nigeria (1994-2002).

Dr. L. I. D. Kufeji is also the immediate past

Chairman, Faculty Board of Surgery, National

Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (2003-

2007). He is the Medical Director and Chief Ex-

ecutive Officer of St. Martin De Porres Medical

Centre Mushin, Lagos State, a Hospital he es-

tablished in 1980. He is a Consultant Surgeon to

Finnih Medical Centre, Ikeja and Patella Hospi-

tal Onike Lagos State. He is a Member of Health

Board, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos.

Dr. L. I. D. Kufeji is a member of many National

and International bodies which includes:

• Nigerian Medical Association.

• Lions Club International, (Past President

Ilupeju Lions club 1989).

• Knight of St. Mulumba, Micheal – Bell

awardee of International Association of Catho-

lic Knights.

• Knight of St. Gregory The Great , 1998.

He is a researcher and resource person in Hos-

pital Management and Training. He was the

Vice President, National Postgraduate Medical

College of Nigeria ( January 2008 – December

2009). On Friday 5th December 2009, Dr. Leo-

nard Idowu Dovi Kufeji, FMCS, PNMC, was

elected unopposed as the President, National

Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria for a

two – year term with effect from 1st January

2010. He is happily married with children.

The Alumni Relations and Advancement Unit

congratulates this great ambassador of the Col-

lege and wishes him more success in the future.

Alumni Relations and Advancement Unit

What they have done with their Degrees!


of whom are consultants in different specialties

of medicine, working full time. The motto of the

hospital is Excellence in Healthcare with a vision

to make it a one stop medical facility with high

ethical standards.

While building a successful private practice, he

also devoted time to building up his academic

life. He attended the Liverpool School of Tropi-

cal Medicine where he got his DTM&H, MTrop-

Med and PhD at various times. Apart from be-

ing the Chief Medical Director of Zankli Medical

Centre, Dr. Lovett Lawson is also a part-time

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Commu-

nity Health at the College of Basic Medical Sci-

ences of the University of Abuja and a visiting

Associate Professor at Bingnam University, the

ECWA-funded University, near Abuja.

He is a specialist in infectious diseases with bias

for tuberculosis. He has published articles in

several peer-review journals and collaborated

with several international bodies in research ac-

tivities. He is a member of the Nigeria Medical

A s s o c i a t i o n

(NMA), Associa-

tion of Private

and Medical

Practitioners of

N i g e r i a

( A G P M P N ) ,

Guild of Medical

D i r e c t o r s

(GMD), World Association of Family Physicians

(WONCA) and American Academy of Family

Physicians (AAFP). He was awarded Fellowship

of the Association of General Practice (FAGP)

and Distinguished Medical Practitioner (DMP)

by his peers.

The College of Medicine of

University of Lagos has pro-

duced many eminent Medical

Practitioners who by all stan-

dards can be called STARS

going by the landmarks they

have made in the Nigerian

health sector. One of such

people is Dr. Lovett Lawson.

Dr. Lovett Lawson is the Chief Medical Director

of Zankli Medical Centre, a 45 bed hospital lo-

cated in Utako district of Abuja in the Federal

Capital Territory of Nigeria. Dr. Lawson was

born on the 15th of November 1948 as the first of

a close knit family of 5 children. Even though his

secondary school education was at the famous

Baptist Academy, he exceptionally treasures his

Higher School Certificate days at Igbobi College

from where he passed out in 1968.

Dr. Lovett Lawson graduated in 1975 from the

College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-

Araba. His budding entrepreneurial spirit

quickly led him into general private medical

practice in 1977 in Jos Nigeria after his NYSC. In

partnership with a fellow young medical col-

league, he co-founded the New Crescent Hospi-

tal. However in 1990, he opted out of the partner-

ship to start Zankli Medical Centre (ZMC), also

in Jos.

In 1997, against all odds and advice, his now

sharpened entrepreneurial appetite caused him

to move the practice to Abuja. In Abuja, Dr. Law-

son’s administrative, professional and business

prowess quickly became evident as Zankli Medi-

cal Centre grew from a one man small practice to

one of the leading private medical practices, with

staff strength of over 190, including 25 doctors, 14

Stars Among us

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical

Medicine and Hygiene among others.

Dr. Lovett Lawson is a Knight of John Wesley of

the Methodist Church (KJW) in Nigeria. He is

credited as being a focal point in National TB/

HIV Working Group, Technical Committee on

MDR-TB Prevalence Study (CDC) and Technical

Committee on TB Prevalence Study (WHO). He

is a focal person of the Federal Capital Territory

TB & Leprosy Control Programme, Vice Chair-

man of the Ministerial Task Team on TB and

Protem Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Stop TB

Partnership.

He is Married to Dr. Funke Lawson, a Consul-

lecturers had laboured to instill in them during

the years of their studies in the College. The

Provost further urged them to abide by the

Code of Ethics of the Profession.

The Oath-Taking and the presentation of Cer-

tificates was administered by the Registrar of

the Radiographers’ Board, Barr. S.R.J. Baba-

tunde.

The Head of Department, Prof. K.K. Ketiku, in

his closing remark also congratulated the in-

ductees and thanked their parents for the moral

and financial support given to them during

their studies.

The Alumni Relations and Advancement Unit,

congratulates the inductees and welcome them

to the fold of the alumni/alumnae of the Col-

lege.


Stars Among us

The second set of Radiography graduates were

inducted on 13th of December, 2011 at the Old

Great Hall. The event saw 23 newly qualified Ra-

diography graduates inducted amidst joy and

funfair. The Principal Officers of the College and

the officials of the Radiography Board of Nigeria

were in attendance.

The College Secretary, represented by Oladejo

Azeez, Esq, in his address expressed his pleasure

for witnessing the Oath Taking Ceremony. He

congratulated the newly qualified graduates and

advised them to show good examples and also to

ensure that they put down their names at the

CMUL Alumni Centre.

The Provost, Prof. O.A. Atoyebi, in his speech at

the induction ceremony congratulated the new

inductees for successfully completing their train-

ing and implored them to keep in mind all the

good practice skills and principles that their

tant Pediatrician and they have 3 lovely boys,

one of these is a medical doctor. As a hobby, he

played polo for many years but currently plays

golf and enjoys swimming.


salutes this great Ambassador of the College

and wishes him more successes in the years

ahead.

CMUL Inducts 2nd Set of Radiography Graduates

Watch out for CMUL Golden Jubilee Celebration

come Oct, 2012.

Please send all your Suggestions and

Contributions towards this Programme to

[email protected]


Happy Birthday !


LOST ALUMNI

One of the biggest challenges the Alumni Re-

lations and Advancement Office faces is keep-

ing track of our alumni after they graduate.

In a bid to get Alumni to update their infor-

mation, we have uploaded a form on the Col-

lege website (www.cmul.edu.ng) for ease of

communication and to bridge the gap be-

tween the College and her Alumni/Alumnae.

Kindly pass this message to your batch mates

and other alumni/alumnae to log on to our

website and register in order to enjoy the

benefits of keeping in touch.

On behalf of the Management, Staff and Students of the

College, we wish the following alumni/alumnae a very-

HAPPY BIRTHDAY:

Dr.AKINSEYE, Taiwo Olufemi—3rd of October

Dr. AKINBOYEDE, Oriyomi Abiola —5th of October

Dr. ONWUDINJO, Chika Onwudinjo— 6th of October

Dr. OGUNMEFUN, Adeleke Aderemi— 9th of October

Dr. ADETU, Adeniji John—9th of October

Dr. ADESUGBA, Jacob Adeleye—10th of October

Dr. KINI, Narendra Mabukal — 10th of October

Dr.OMITOWOJU, Oladapo O— 10th of October

Dr. ADEGOKE, Olajire Adegbola — 10th of October

Dr. OSINAIKE, Funmilayo Dolapo— 10th of October

Dr. JUNARD, Frederick Olatunji— 12th of October

Dr. OLATUNJI, Taibat Aderonke— 12th of October

Dr. SONUBI, O. Olufunmilola — 12th of October

Dr. IGE, Kolade Abayomi— 13th of October

Dr. AWOSANYA, Gbadebo O — 16th of October

Dr. ABEBE, Abigail Edugie — 17th of October

Dr. IMASUA, Nichola Ngozi — 20th of October

Dr. ROBERTS, O. Omorinola— 20th of October

Dr. BRAITHWAITE, Omowunmi—22nd of October

Dr. ADEBAYO, Adegboyega T— 22nd of October

Dr. ATTOYE, Timothy Emaron— 24th of October

Dr. KETEBU, Bolere Elizabeth— 25th of October

Dr. ADERIYE, Adebayo— 27th of October

Dr. AREWA, Foluso Emmanuel—28th of October

Dr. ASIKA, Ijeoma Ucheniya— 28th of October

Dr. OGUNYE, Ayokunle Akinola— 29th of October

Dr. BAIYEWU, Olusegun— 30th of October

Dr. ANYIAM, Daniel Chukwuemeka—30th of October

Dr. RILWAN, Ayotunde Wilayat—30th of October

Dr. ESOIMEME, Angelina— 1st of November

Prof. ASHIRU, Oladapo— 3rd of November

Prof. Majekodunmi Ajesola Adepeju—5th of November

Dr. SEKIBO, Abiye Samuel– 5th of November

Dr. ADEGOKE, Olufemi Akiyele—6th of November

Dr.ADETUYI, Imoleayo Elijah—6th of November

Dr. ANTAI, Bassey Edet — 10th of November

Dr. CAMARA, Bekai Secka— 10th of November

Dr. FATAYI-WILLIAMS, Alan— 11th of November

Dr. EYO, Mary Umoh— 11th of November

The entire staff and students of College of

Medicine, University of Lagos wishes Our

Provost, Professor Oluwole Ayoola Atoyebi

a happy and blissful birthday on 9th of

November, 2011.

Your birthday is a special time to celebrate

you as a gift to the

world.

Happy Birthday.

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday !


Dr. AGUH, Emmanuel Olusegun— 11th of November

Dr. ISAMOTU, Rafiu Olasunkanmi-12th of November

Dr. OGUEBIE, Udoka Chineze—13th of November

Dr. AJEKIGBE, Aderemi Tajudeen --14th of November

Dr. HUNYINBO, Kehinde Isaac — 14th of November

Dr. LAWSON, Lovett Olajide — 15th of November

Dr. LAMINA, Mustafa Adelaja—16th of November

Dr. BAMIGBOYE, Babatunde A. — 16th of November

Dr. MAYOMI, Janet Omobolaji— 16th of November

Dr. NNADI Colins Chukwuzozie—17th of November

Dr. RANSOME-KUTI Olugboyega—18th of November

Dr. OSILOYE Adediji Oludayisi—18th of November

Dr. (Mrs.) Oseji Oludolapo Oyebola—18th of November

Dr. HASSAN Oluwafemi Jimoh—21st of November

Dr.AROLE Adebola—23rd of November

Dr. EMERIBE Ikenna Asiegbu— 23rd of November

Dr. BANJOKO Afolarin— 25th of November

Dr. AFOLABI Deborah Gbemisola— 27th of November

Dr. UGWUMADU Augustine—28th of November

Dr. BALOGUN Akindele—28th of November

Dr. ADELODUN Anuoluwa 28th of November

Dr. KUKOYI Abimbola 29th of November

Dr. AKINTUNJI Isaac—2nd of December

Dr. OLOWOSELU Olusola—4th of December

Dr. MOMOH Rabiu Olusola—4th of December

Dr. ADEKITAN Mojisola—8th of December

Dr. OYEWUMI Tolulope—8th of December

Dr. ABIONA Opeyemi—8th of December

Dr. ADEOYE Emmanuel Kayode—8th of December

Dr. TIJANI Hafis Korede—9th of December

Dr. (Mrs.) Okeke Monica Obiageli—10th of December

Dr. AKINLAWON Damilola 10th of December

Prof. ODUM Celestine Uche—11th of Decemebr

Dr. AKINTUNDE Kemi—12th of December

Dr. OREBANJO Taiwo Olufemi—13th of Decmber

Dr. AKINLADE Olukayode—15th of December

Dr. ODUNLAMI Abiodun Kemi—18th of December

Dr. GIWA Babatunde Mohammed—19th of December

Dr. ROTILU Noel Babajide—20th of December

Dr. OWUANYI Anekwe—20th of December

Dr. ADEGOKE Adedamola—20th of December

Dr. THOMPSON Kayode—21st of December

Dr. OGUNGBO Isiaka Biodun—21st of December

Dr. AWUJO Akinwole—22nd of December

Dr. IGHOYIVWI Noelle—22nd of December

Dr. UKPONG Eniefiok E.—23rd of December

Dr. AKANDE Abiodun V.—23rd of December

Dr. AWONAYA Emmanuel—24th of December

Dr. GBEMUDU Melvin C.—27th of December

Alumn i Re la t ions and Advanc emen t Uni t

Support the Rejuvenation Campaign

I Do!Dr. (Mrs.) A.O. Daramola

Medilag Alumna (1990 Set) & Senior

Lecturer, Dept. of Morbid Anatomy,

CMUL

I Do!Prof. ODUGBEMI, Toluwalope OlukayodeMedilag Alumnus (1972 Set) , Immediate

Past Vice-Chancellor, UNILAG & Curent Vice –Chancellor, OSUSTECH.


Reply to the Congratulatory letter .

Dear Sir/Madam:

Thank you for the letter of congratulations. This

is most gratifying to me. The experiences at

CMUL laid the foundation for my career.

Please accept my gratitude for the letter.

Best regards.

Dr. Chike Abadama Doubeni

Dept. of Family Medicine & Community Health,

Univertity of Massachusetts, USA.

Letter to the editor

Dear Sir,

I must commend you on the high quality e-

newsletter that you send to the CMUL alumni. It

is very informative and brings pleasant memo-

ries of Idi-Araba to those of us in diaspora. See-

ing Dr. Noronha been accorded her rightful place

as a teacher extraordinaire was befitting. She

made me love Anatomy to the extent that I was

tempted to pause and complete a B.Sc before pro-

ceeding with my MBBS. Such teachers are rare to

come by. I wish her all the best as she enjoys her

well-deserved retirement. But such individuals

even when they retire are still not tired to impart

knowledge to future generations. As the class of

1982 approach our 30th year post graduation, it

would be nice that we initiate an award / annual

lecture in the name of that particular set who are

all over the world. I see your passion in the pro-

duction of this newsletter.

Keep up the good work with the e-newsletter. I

have inserted a more recent photograph of my-

self for your perusal.

Prof Gboyega A Ogunbanjo

Chief Specialist & Professor of Family Medicine

& Primary Health Care

Director: School of Medicine, University of Lim-

popo (Medunsa Campus)

Pretoria, South Africa

Feedback from Alumni/Alumnae

Hi,

I received the last 2 news letter from you and it

was a great thing you have done. I was expect-

ing my birthday to be in the latest but was not

there.

Kindly update my particulars with you. I am

interested in contributing financially and to at-

tend the gala nite for the 50th anniversary.

I am Dr. Olaleye Dada Olateju, born 13 july,

1966. CMUL 1984-89. MBBS, MCFP, DOHM.

Family physician and occupational medicine

practitioner in Pretoria, South Africa, private

practice with special interest in family therapy

and diabetes mellitus. I belong to the Centre for

Diabetes and Endocrinology, { CDE} in South

Africa. I moved here in 1994 and started my

practice in 1998 after my post graduate training.

I am co- founder of the 1984-89 CMUL alumni

set which meet severy 5 years and I hosted

them in 2009 in South Africa.

I wish you, all the best in your endeavours and

thanks for the good work you are doing.

Dr. O.D. Olateju


The College of Medicine of University of lagos

inducted 36 newly qualified Physiotherapists

comprising of 21 females and 15 males for the

2010/2011 academic session.

The College Secretary, Mrs. O.O. Amodu, in her

welcome address expressed her pleasure for

witnessing the induction ceremony and con-

gratulated the newly qualified Physiotherapists.

She advised the inductees to embrace their pro-

fession with all seriousness and to respond to

the call from the CMUL Alumni Association.

The Provost , Prof. O.A. Atoyebi, in his speech

congratulated the inductees for successfully

completing their training noting that they had

been well tutored and found worthy in knowl-

edge and character to be called Physiotherapy

practitioners. The Provost further urged them to

abide by the Code of Ethics of the Physiotherapy

Profession as the code stresses the necessity to

act with integrity, accountability and judgment

in the best interest of the patients, society and

the profession.

The Provost also reminded the inductees that a

properly trained Physiotherapist must show

EMPARTHY as this is an indicator of humanity.

He also implored the inductees to register their

names at the CMUL Alumni Centre so as to be

part of the CMUL Alumni Association.

The Oath-taking and presentation of certificates

was later administered by the Registrar, Medical

Rehabilitation Therapy Board of Nigeria, Mr.

J.D. Jogunola.

The National President of the Nigerian Society

of Physiotherapist, Rev. Adeyinka Olugbenga

Jaiyesinmi, in a goodwill address appreciated

the authorities of the College of Medicine of Uni-

versity of Lagos, the Head, Department of

Physiotherapy, Dr. O.A. Olawale for the honour

accorded him to welcome the newly qualified

Physiotherapist. In his words, he stated that Ni-

geria currently has less than 2000 Physiotherapy

serving the National Population of over 150 mil-

lion (about 0.13 per 10,000). He urged the gov-

ernment to open Physiotherapy Training Institu-

tions across the various geo-political regions of

the country.

Other dignitaries present at the induction cere-

mony included, representative of the Dean of

Clinical Science, Prof. M.O. Kehinde, Sub-Dean,

Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Dr. A.A. Ore-

mosu,, Head, Department of Physiotherapy, Dr.

A.O. Olawale, Prof. Isaac Owoeye, Deputy Col-

lege Secretary (Academics), Mr. G.K. Ajunwa,

representative of the Director of Finance, Mr.

S.A. Akinade, Assistant Director (LUTH) Mrs.

A.O. Ajiboye and the Ag. Medical Librarian,

Mrs. H.O.J. Akinade.


congratulates the inductees and wishes them

success in their endeavours.

36 Newly Qualified Physiotherapists Inducted

Photo clip of the Inductees taking oath


Dr. Adedayo Osholowu, the driving force be-

hind the visionary startup of Dayo Osholowu

Medical Practice Group was selected by the Ni-

gerian Economic Summit Group as one of the

Emerging Nigerian Entrepreneurs for 2011. Dr.

Osholowu, an alumnus of the College who

graduated in 2006, was honoured at a forum

held at Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos on 1st of De-

cember, 2011. Dr. Osholowu conceived his busi-

ness idea during a postgraduate course at the

University of Capetown and set up the Dayo

Osholowu Medical Practice just a few months

ago following a successful career working as a

Sports Physician with the leading international

Sports Teams and Organizations. These include

the Nigerian National Team and FIFA South Af-

rica 2010 World Cup Organizing Committee and

Special Olympics International. A string of cli-

ents have already signed up for the Medical

Practice Groups Specialist Sports Medicine con-

sultancy service which co-ordinates the imple-

mentation, development and delivery of medical

services and facilities for professional clubs, Na-

tional and International sports tournament or-

ganizers.

The client list already includes international

teams and tournament organizers such as Do-

dan Warriors Professional Basketball Team, La-

gos Rugby 7 Organizers, Special Olympics Nige-

ria, with the prospect of more national and inter-

national sports franchises to follow. In addition,

this past month the Medical practice of Dr. Dayo

Osholowu entered into a strategic alliance with La-

goon Hospitals, Nigeria’s leading private Hospital Group

to license and operate the Dayo Osholowu Brand

of Sports Injury Clinics targeted at amateur, rec-

reational, and youth athlete’s across Africa. Leveraging

his expertise and track record

from providing services to

leading professional athletes

across the continent, Dr.

Osholowu has developed an

innovative business model to

fill an unmet market need. He operates and manage clinics in partnership

with the leading hospital groups to reach pa-

tients requiring world class sports injury care

and give advice to fit their lifestyle needs in the

existing and growing market across Africa. The

Group is are also currently in talks with the

leading hospital groups in Ghana and Kenya to

launch the service in these markets and are ac-

tively seeking management contracts with teams

and tournament organizers across the continent.

Dr. Osholowu intends to list the medical group

on the second-tier securities market (SSM) of the

Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) or Johannesburg

Stock Exchange in June 2012 and begin construc-

tion of the Dayo Osholowu Medical Fitness and

Wellness Center: a mixed use lifestyle medical

mall concept in the city of Lagos, Nigeria which

is billed to open in June 2014. The Director-

General of NESG, Mr. Frank Nweke (Jnr), said

his organisation supports the ideas, the innova-

tion and the entrepreneurial spirit of Dr. Ad-

edayo Osholowu and other Nigerian youths

and is determined to unleash the entrepreneurial

potential of young people to generate ideas,

stimulate innovation and create jobs and wealth

in communities.


salutes this great Ambassador of the College

and wishes him more success in the years ahead.

Nigerian Economic Summit Group selects Dr. Adedayo Osholowu as one of the

Emerging Nigerian Entrepreneurs for 2011


The Provost, Prof. Oluwole Ayoola Atoyebi gave

her daughter Omolola Atoyebi to her heartthrob

Adeola Akinsanya in holy matrimony on 18th of

December, 2011 at the Chapel of the Healing

Cross, LUTH/CMUL, Idi-Araba. The wedding re-

ception took place at UNILAG Multipurpose Hall

were everybody who attended attested to the fact

that the event was indeed a royal wedding by all

standard.


wishes the couple a blessed union. Here are some

photo shots of the event.

WE WERE THERE!

The newly wedded Couple, Mr. & Mrs. Adeola

Akinsanya.

The Couple with the brides sisters

From Right: The Provost, Prof Oluwole Ayoola

Atoyebi, the Couple and Dr. (Mrs.) Toyin

Atoyebi (both CMUL Alumni).


With deep regrets we announce the death of

Professor Alagunmba Lewis Nwosu, a former

Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial

Surgery, CMUL. He died on Saturday 19th No-

vember, 2011.

The late Professor Nwosu was born on 1st of Oc-

tober, 1934. He attended Central School, Umua-

hia, Abia State between 1940-1946 and was ad-

mitted to Methodist College, Uzuakoli (1947-

1952) and Dennis Memorial Grammer School,

Onitsha (1953-1954) fir his Cambridge Higher

School Certificate. He proceeded to the Univer-

sity of Freiburg Breisagau, West Germany in

1961 for his proficiency certificate in German

Language. He obtained a Bachelor of Dental Sci-

ence with Distinction at the University of Zu-

rich, Switzerland in 1965 and MB.BS in 1968 re-

spectively. He also bagged DMD (Zurich, 1966),

Professor Alagunmba Lewis Nwosu Passes On

Diploma in implantology (Zurich, 1971) MD

(Zurich, 1972) and was awarded Specialist for Oral

and Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery (Dusseldorf,

1974).

In February, 1975, Professor Nwosu joined the ser-

vice of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos

as Lecturer Grade 1/ Consultant in the Department

of Oral Surgery and Pathology and was promoted

Senior Lecturer in 1976. As a result of his unique

qualities and dedication to duties, the late Professor

Nwosu had a meteoric rise and in no time rose to

the peak of his career. By 23rd of January, 1979, he

was promoted Associated Professor in Dental Sur-

gery and was given the full Professorial Chair in

1983.

The Alumni Relations and Advancement Unit con-

doles the family of Professor Nwosu and prays for

his soul to rest in perpetual peace.

Dr. Omogbai-Musa, Osiomah Anthony, a 2004

graduate of the College tied the nuptial rope

with his heartthrob Tessy Ify Ntuka on 26th of

December, 2011 at the Multipurpose Hall of the

University of Lagos. We wish the couple a

blessed union.

WE WERE THERE!


A couple decided to go on holiday to Florida dur-

ing a particularly icy winter. They planned to

stay at the same hotel where they spent their hon-

eymoon 20 years earlier. Due to their hectic

schedules, they could not travel together and the

husband left for Florida a day earlier expecting

his wife the next day.

The husband checked into the hotel and discov-

ered they now have computers in the hotel room,

so he decided to send an e-mail to his wife. How-

ever, he accidentally left out one letter in her e-

mail address, and without realizing his error,

sent the e-mail to a wrong person!!!!

Meanwhile, someone in Huston, a widow had

just returned from her husband’s funeral .The

widow decided to check her email expecting

messages from relatives and friends. After read-

ing the first message, she screamed and fainted,

the widow’s son rushed into the room , found his

mother on the floor and saw the computer screen

which reads:

To: My Loving Wife

Subject: I’ve Arrived

I know you are surprised to hear from me.

They have computers here now and you are al-

lowed to send email to your loved ones. I’ve just

arrived and have been checked in. I’ve seen that

everything has been prepared for your arrival

tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you

then!!!!!!

Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.

Crack your ribs a bit.

The Federal Government recently announced to

pay men with 5 children and above 1 million

naira monthly salary.

A man heard the news and said to his wife,

Blessing! I have a kid with my girlfriend.

I’m going to bring him so we can add him to

our 4 kids to make 5! When he came back from

work the next day he saw only one of his kids

remaining and he asked where are the others?

His wife replied,you are not the only one who

heard the news,THEIR FATHERS HAVE

COME FOR THEM!

A boy called one FM radio station and said:

BOY: I found a lost purse with $100,000, a

mastercard and an ID of Mr. Ifeanyi Anat, Plot

4, Paerkview , Ikoyi.

PRESENTER How honest you are, good boy.

So, how to you want to return the purse?

BOY: Noooo, for wetin? I just want you to help

me dedicate a song to him. Please play me…..

My helper ooooo, my helper ooooo

As it was in the Beginning…….


Second Set of CMUL Graduating Class

LUTH Gate Entrance at Night

Guess Who?


Do you recognise any of these faces? 5 College

of Medicine lapel pins are up for grabs for 5

lucky alumni/alumnae who can guess correctly

the full names of any of the pictures below. Sim-

ply identify correctly 5 out of the 9 pictures of

alumni/alumnae pasted below and send your

answers via e-mail to [email protected]

stating your name, year of graduation, current

telephone number, and your postal address. En-

try closes on 15th March, 2012.

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3

Picture 4

Picture 5

Picture 6

Picture 7

Picture 8

Picture 9

We had a chat with the College Secretary/

Director of Administration in her office on some

salient issues. Below are the excerpts of our dis-

cussion.

Good Day Ma! Kindly introduce yourself?

My name is Mrs. Oluwafunmilayo Amodu. I was

born well over 50 years ago. I started work in the

CMUL in October, 1977 and by October this year

I will have put in 35 years in service working for

this institution.

How has your career being like in CMUL?

I must say that I have enjoyed working in the

College, although I have had some challenges,

but my overall assessment of my career here is

that it has been a learning period for me and I

believe I have tried and I’ve given my best to the

College.

What is the Standard/Quality of Teaching

like some years back compared to now?

When I joined this institution the learning envi-

ronment was more conducive because we had

fewer students and I recall that at that time even

the lecture theatres were more conducive. We

had some lecture theatres that were air-

conditioned and at that time the College was

much younger. If the funds available then are

still available now we would have been able to

keep maintaining what we had and would have

at least remain at par with what we had then.

Unfortunately, funding has been difficult. The

naira to dollar exchange has placed us at a disad-

vantage and most of the things we need here to

function as an institution cannot be found in the

country. As such, what one million naira could

buy because of the exchange of a naira to a dol-

lar then, would cost up to hundreds of millions

of naira now.


Similarly, considering the fact that the College is ba-

sically science oriented, you would appreciate that

most of the consumables that are required are far

more expensive. Where we use to spend hundred of

thousands we now spend millions. Unfortunately,

government funding, which has apparently in-

creased over the years, has not been able to march

that increase occasioned by the currency exchange

rate. Again, the other problem is government deci-

sion not to introduce charges and so student don’t

pay fees. It has put us in a position were we are not

able to generate the income that we need. Hence, if

we now look at it, we can now begin to see why the

standard then is higher because we are disadvan-

taged even though we have the personnel , both

teaching and non-teaching. We have not been able to

get the best out of them because of the scenario men-

tioned.

Admission of Students into CMUL has been dif-

ficult with high cutoff marks. Why is this so?

There are many reasons for this. Firstly, the coun-

try’s population is growing and more parents want

their children to go school. I believe that in itself is

part of the reason. The other reason is that there are

not so many Colleges of Medicine in the country to

accommodate the number of those who wish to

study Medicine and Dentistry and we don’t really

have the capacity to march the increase. This should

be applicable to other courses too because there is a

need for the capacity to march the population in-

crease in terms of the workforce and facilities like

laboratories, accommodation and even teaching hos-

pitals.

On the other hand, the Medical and Dental Council

of Nigeria (MDCN) and the National University

Commission (NUC) are closely monitoring all insti-

tutions to ensure that they don’t exceed their quota.

Hence, we are left with the dilemma of picking few

candidates from the plethora of those who have

One on One with the College Secretary

chosen CMUL.

What are the challenges the College is facing

and what can be done to remedy the situation?

Our challenges are many. Just as there are chal-

lenges facing our nation, the ripple effect is also

felt by the College. To start with, there is the

challenge of admission as we now have more

qualified candidates than we can admit. There is

also the challenge of hostel accommodation. You

would recall I emphasised earlier on the need to

march capacity with the growing population.

Unfortunately, that is not case. The students’

hostel, when it was built, had the capacity to ac-

commodate two in a room. Now we have to cre-

ate bed spaces in the room and students now

have to use bunks beds in order to accommodate

all of them. However, this is not peculiar to us

alone, it also happens in other institutions.

This is a big challenge as it is our top priority to

accommodate all our students considering the

nature of their courses and couple with the fact

that we are domiciled in a tense environment

and we would not want to put the life of our stu-

dents in jeopardy.

We also have the challenge of teaching spaces.

We don’t have enough lecture rooms. We have

grown from having few courses, now we have

more courses like Bachelor of Medical Labora-

tory Science, Nursing Sciences and others. For a

fact, the system must grow, but its just that as we

are growing our facilities are not. In the days

gone by our Lecturers used to live either in Su-

rulere or somewhere close to the campus but we

have stopped renting accommodation for Lectur-

ers because we can no longer afford it. As such,

some members of staff live far away and the traf-

fic now is almost insane. This makes many to get

home very late and some have to wake up as

early a 5:00am the next day and with this they



may not even get to work until 9:00am thereby

spending 4 hours on the road before getting to work.

Inadequate funding is another problem. In the days

gone by we got our allocation quarterly and a good

financial manager would put the money to good use

to generate little increase that can be reinvested.

However we now get our allocation monthly. We

only get our full salaries with little left and we have

to fuel the generator and this is not cheap. We also

have to provide other amenities, and don’t forget I

mentioned that, we are not permitted to charge tui-

tion and government is insisting on this but govern-

ment is not funding the system to make it comfort-

able for managers to cope.

The remedy to these challenges is that some kind of

fee should be charged. When you charge fees it’s a

two way thing. The students who paid have expec-

tation that must be met and if the expectations are

not met, it is easy to call us to question. But right

now it is as if the system is a god-father who cannot

provide everything for the god-child. It has come to

that stage. If one pay fees in the primary and secon-

dary school and you get to the tertiary institution

and you don’t pay fees, then who are we deceiving

as a nation? We have to rise up to the reality. May be

with the plan to remove subsidy on some products,

the government may improve funding, I don’t

know.

We also need to improve on our internally gener-

ated fund. I believe that a University is a place were

you sell your intellect to others. We have started

consultancy services and now have business invest-

ments. Although we have explored this areas exten-

sively, but now we are beginning to gain ground.

The other area we are hoping to explore is the

alumni relations. All over the world there is the

drive by alumni/alumnae, even though they pay to

attend the school , yet they give back to their school

with passion. But for our alumni to give back we

have got to give something too.



We have to arrange our system to treat our

alumni who come back for one thing or the other

like kings and queens. Whenever they need in-

formation from us we should be able to provide

it. On our part, we need to stir the passion for

them to give back. After we have explored the

alumni, we can now go out to the industries and

to philanthropists who can endow some of their

assets to the institution after their death.

What is the most challenging situation you

have dealt with as the College Secretary?

We deal with challenges every day. For instance

we don’t have electric power supply now and

we have to deal with the different staff unions,

students issues and others. Every day has been

challenging and I can’t really say specifically

which is the most challenging.

What steps is the Management taking to ensure

that the standard of medical education in the

College improves?

I think the Provost would be in a better position

to answer that. Nevertheless, our Academic

Board is very vibrant despite the deteriorating

state of the facilities. Our lecturers have re-

mained passionate and have always given their

best. As such, we have created the Medical Edu-

cation Development Unit headed by Dr. Christy

Okoromah to review the curriculum of the

courses offered with a view to keeping up with

the contemporary world. The Academic Board

also decided that teaching the core skill of medi-

cine should be shifted to the fifth year to ensure

better learning.

Have you achieved all you

desired for the College as the

College Secretary/Director of

Administration?

I want CMUL to be the best

and to be a place were you can

come and get information

promptly without any bias or

delay. I desire a College where

the facilities are adequate and we have constant elec-

tric power supply for people to work and carry out

researches. I also desire a College where everybody

work together as a family and where office spaces are

available for people to work. The question is have we

achieved this? I will say we can still do better because

there is no perfect system and we only strive to be

perfect. We have not reached the Eldorado yet, but

we are striving to be better and I am happy I am leav-

ing the College better than I met it.

What would you say to the alumni/alumnae about

the rejuvenation campaign of the College?

I like to tell all our alumni/alumnae that they are

stakeholders and that the College belong to them for

good and for ill. Whatever they are today is a combi-

nation of what the College has impacted in them and

how they have been able to develop themselves. As

such, there is a need for them to give back to their

alma mata. There is a need for them to be committed

to the development of the College. I am not standing

brief for the government, but the government cannot

do it alone. The task to move the College forward is

so enormous that all hands must be on deck. I am

sure that as we are using this medium to reach out to

our alumni/alumnae it will increase the drive for the

rejuvenation of the College.

Thank you for your time Ma!

Thank you very much and keep up the good work.

Are you an Alumnus/Alumna of Medilag in the

Americas?

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function actively in the Americas?

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WISHING YOU A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS

2012.

ALUMNI RELATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT UNIT,

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS

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