Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole is probably not a well known name in the Buhari’s ministerial list. Due to his vast experience and dedication to the medical world, he has been tipped to become a successful minister in the Federal cabinet. It is being mooted that he be assigned the education or health portfolio. These are what we know about him:
- He was sacked by Gen. Buhari 30 years ago: Although nominated by the president himself, history has it that in 1985, Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole, then the secretary of the Association of Resident Doctors at the University College Hospital in Ibadan was sacked and declared wanted by the Gen. Buhari Military Administration.
- He is an academic luminary: He was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, former President of the African Organisation for Research Training in Cancer, the Provost, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan before he became Vice Chancellor. Professor Adewole is a member of the governing council, Adeleke University and currently chairs the National Panel on Cervical Cancer Control Policy.
- He is a medical doctor by profession: he is a well renowned Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the university teaching hospital in Ibadan (UCH). He is also an adjunct Professor at North-western University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- He is an advocate for multidisciplinary medical organisations: He has led several movements on the Campaign against Unwanted Pregnancy, Reducing the burden of Unsafe abortion in Nigeria, and nationwide access to cervical cancer screening.
- He is a pundit: In 2014, during theEbola virus outbreak in Nigeria, he led a panel of experts to brainstorm on the latest scientific information on the nature of the virus. He called on the security agencies to investigate the bank accounts of Patrick Sawyer, who imported the virus into the country to know whether he was paid to terrorise the country with the virus.
- He is an active member of different organisations: Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole is also a member of various organizations, here are but a few:
- Member of Pan African University Council
- Member of the Governing Council, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), London, Member of Cancer Ethics Committee (IEC)
- Member of International Agency for Research on Cancer
- Member of the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer
- Member of National Panel on Cervical Cancer Control Policy
- Member of Medical Practitioner Disciplinary Tribunal
- Member of the Nigerian Medical Association
- Member of the Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON).
