CMUL Alumni Newsletter

CMUL Alumni Newsletter
The foremost College of Medicine in Nigeria in the University of First Choice
From the Desk of the Provost

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. I enjoin you all to kindly inform your Alumni Relations and classmates to log on to our website and Advancement Unit fill the form to enable us stay in touch. The Golden Jubilee celebration provides a unique opportunity for Alumni/Alumnae to give back to the
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Newsletter Date: 31st December, 2011.
College so as to enable her resuscitate Inside Stories: ANDI recognises UNILAG as Centre of It should be noted that from 2nd7th some of her decaying infrastructure Excellence October, 2012, we will roll out the and upgrade the facilities to the 21st What they have done with drums and sound the alarm for the century standard. their degrees! celebration of our 50 years (GOLDEN JUBILEE) of MEDICAL EDUCATION May I also use this medium to wish Stars among Us in the University of first choice and you all a Happy and Prosperous 2012. Birthday Wishes Nigerias pride. It should be noted Support the Rejuvenation that the first set of 28 Medical StuCampaign dents commenced lectures on October 3, 1962.. Feedback from Alumni/ Alumnae I can assure you that it is going to be 36 Newly qualified Physioan event to remember and I enjoin all therapists inducted of you both within Nigeria and in the NESG select Dr. Osholowu diaspora to block your calendars and as emerging Nigerian Enbe part of the celebrations. The Unitrepreneur for 2011 versity of Lagos in General will celeWe were there brate the Golden Jubilee as from April
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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.
Prof. Alagunmba Lewis Nwosu passes on Crack your ribs a bit
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One on One with the Col- 18 lege Secretary
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ANDI Recognises UNILAG as Centre of Excellence in Health Innovation in Africa

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 Diagnosis among 32 other African institution. 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 conThis feat was keenly contested for by 120 foremost gratulates the entire staff of Department of MicrobiAfrican Universities before UNILAG was finally ology and Parasitology and the team of researchers given a slot. led by Dr. Wellington Oyibo, an Associate ProfesThe ANDI Centres of Excellence are spread across sor of Medical Microbiology and wishes them the five sub-regions of Africa and are conducting more achievements. 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 continent. The goals of ANDI are to increase research and developmental collaboration among African institutions 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 partnership with new firms within Africa so as to support the development and manufacture of new drugs, diagnostics and other health products.
From L-R: The Provost, Prof. O.A. Atoyebi and Dr. Wellington Oyibo posing with the ANDI Award.
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 Nigeria (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.
Alumni Relations and Advancement Unit
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What they have done with their Degrees!

Dr. L. I. D. Kufeji is also the immediate past Chairman, Faculty Board of Surgery, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (20032007). He is the Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer of St. Martin De Porres Medical He attended St. Paul Catholic Centre Mushin, Lagos State, a Hospital he esPrimary School Ebute-Metta tablished in 1980. He is a Consultant Surgeon to (1950-56) and St. Gregorys Finnih Medical Centre, Ikeja and Patella HospiCollege, Obalende, Lagos tal Onike Lagos State. He is a Member of Health (1957-64) for his primary and secondary education Board, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos. respectively . Dr. L. I. D. Kufeji is a member of many National Dr. L.I.D. Kufeji was admitted into the College of and International bodies which includes: Medicine, University of Lagos in 1965 and ob Nigerian Medical Association. tained the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Sur Lions Club International, (Past President gery (MB.BS) degree with distinction in Surgery in Ilupeju Lions club 1989). June , 1970. Following his housemanship, he pro Knight of St. Mulumba, Micheal Bell ceeded to do his residency training in Surgery at awardee of International Association of Cathothe Lagos University Teaching Hospital. During lic Knights. his training programme in LUTH he proceeded to Knight of St. Gregory The Great , 1998. the Commonwealth Postgraduate Medical College, Hammersmith London where he did his He is a researcher and resource person in Hosclinical attachment in Cardiothoracic and Vascular pital Management and Training. He was the Surgery (1976-1978). Vice President, National Postgraduate Medical He became one of the earliest Fellows (by Exami- College of Nigeria ( January 2008 December nation) of the National Postgraduate Medical Col- 2009). On Friday 5th December 2009, Dr. Leolege of Nigeria in the Faculty of Surgery nard Idowu Dovi Kufeji, FMCS, PNMC, was elected unopposed as the President, National (Cardiothoracic Surgery) in 1977. Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria for a He was the Secretary-General of the Nigerian two year term with effect from 1st January Medical Association (NMA) 1977, Consultant Sur- 2010. He is happily married with children. geon, Ada Hospital, Lagos (1978-1980), Chairman, Continuing Medical Education Committee, Na- The Alumni Relations and Advancement Unit tional Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria congratulates this great ambassador of the Col(1980-1984) and Lecture Convener, Faculty of Sur- lege and wishes him more success in the future. gery National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (1994-2002). Dr. Leonard Idowu Dovi Kufeji, was born in Lagos on 8th April 1944 and hails from Oyo State.
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Stars Among us
The College of Medicine of University of Lagos has produced many eminent Medical Practitioners who by all standards can be called STARS going by the landmarks they have made in the Nigerian health sector. One of such people is Dr. Lovett Lawson. 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 Tropical Medicine where he got his DTM&H, MTropMed and PhD at various times. Apart from being the Chief Medical Director of Zankli Medical Centre, Dr. Lovett Lawson is also a part-time Senior Lecturer in the Department of Community Health at the College of Basic Medical Sciences of the University of Abuja and a visiting Associate Professor at Bingnam University, the ECWA-funded University, near Abuja.
Dr. Lovett Lawson is the Chief Medical Director of Zankli Medical Centre, a 45 bed hospital located 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 He is a specialist in infectious diseases with bias from where he passed out in 1968. for tuberculosis. He has published articles in Dr. Lovett Lawson graduated in 1975 from the several peer-review journals and collaborated College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idiwith several international bodies in research acAraba. His budding entrepreneurial spirit tivities. He is a member of the Nigeria Medical quickly led him into general private medical Association practice in 1977 in Jos Nigeria after his NYSC. In (NMA), Associapartnership with a fellow young medical coltion of Private league, he co-founded the New Crescent Hospiand Medical tal. However in 1990, he opted out of the partnerPractitioners of ship to start Zankli Medical Centre (ZMC), also N i g e r i a in Jos. (AGPMPN), In 1997, against all odds and advice, his now Guild of Medical sharpened entrepreneurial appetite caused him D i r e c t o r s to move the practice to Abuja. In Abuja, Dr. Law- (GMD), World Association of Family Physicians sons administrative, professional and business (WONCA) and American Academy of Family prowess quickly became evident as Zankli Medi- Physicians (AAFP). He was awarded Fellowship cal Centre grew from a one man small practice to of the Association of General Practice (FAGP) one of the leading private medical practices, with and Distinguished Medical Practitioner (DMP) staff strength of over 190, including 25 doctors, 14 by his peers.
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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 Chairman 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 Consultant 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. The Alumni Relations and Advancement Unit salutes this great Ambassador of the College and wishes him more successes in the years ahead.
CMUL Inducts 2nd Set of Radiography Graduates

The second set of Radiography graduates were inducted on 13th of December, 2011 at the Old Great Hall. The event saw 23 newly qualified Radiography 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 training and implored them to keep in mind all the good practice skills and principles that their 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 Certificates was administered by the Registrar of the Radiographers Board, Barr. S.R.J. Babatunde. The Head of Department, Prof. K.K. Ketiku, in his closing remark also congratulated the inductees 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 College.
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Watch out for CMUL Golden Jubilee Celebration come Oct, 2012. Please send all your Suggestions and Contributions towards this Programme to cmulalumni@cmul.edu.ng
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LOST ALUMNI
One of the biggest challenges the Alumni Relations and Advancement Office faces is keeping track of our alumni after they graduate. In a bid to get Alumni to update their information, we have uploaded a form on the College website (www.cmul.edu.ng) for ease of communication and to bridge the gap between 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.
Happy Bir thday !

On behalf of the Management, Staff and Students of the College, we wish the following alumni/alumnae a veryHAPPY BIRTHDAY: Dr.AKINSEYE, Taiwo Olufemi3rd 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 John9th of October Dr. ADESUGBA, Jacob Adeleye10th 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, Omowunmi22nd 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 Emmanuel28th 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 Chukwuemeka30th of October Dr. RILWAN, Ayotunde Wilayat30th of October Dr. ESOIMEME, Angelina 1st of November Prof. ASHIRU, Oladapo 3rd of November Prof. Majekodunmi Ajesola Adepeju5th of November Dr. SEKIBO, Abiye Samuel 5th of November Dr. ADEGOKE, Olufemi Akiyele6th of November Dr.ADETUYI, Imoleayo Elijah6th 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
Happy Birthday!!!
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.
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Happy Bir thday !

Dr. AGUH, Emmanuel Olusegun 11th of November Dr. ISAMOTU, Rafiu Olasunkanmi-12th of November Dr. OGUEBIE, Udoka Chineze13th 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 Adelaja16th of November Dr. BAMIGBOYE, Babatunde A. 16th of November Dr. MAYOMI, Janet Omobolaji 16th of November Dr. NNADI Colins Chukwuzozie17th of November Dr. RANSOME-KUTI Olugboyega18th of November Dr. OSILOYE Adediji Oludayisi18th of November Dr. (Mrs.) Oseji Oludolapo Oyebola18th of November Dr. HASSAN Oluwafemi Jimoh21st of November Dr.AROLE Adebola23rd of November Dr. EMERIBE Ikenna Asiegbu 23rd of November Dr. BANJOKO Afolarin 25th of November Dr. AFOLABI Deborah Gbemisola 27th of November Dr. UGWUMADU Augustine28th of November Dr. BALOGUN Akindele28th of November Dr. ADELODUN Anuoluwa 28th of November Dr. KUKOYI Abimbola 29th of November Dr. AKINTUNJI Isaac2nd of December Dr. OLOWOSELU Olusola4th of December Dr. MOMOH Rabiu Olusola4th of December Dr. ADEKITAN Mojisola8th of December Dr. OYEWUMI Tolulope8th of December Dr. ABIONA Opeyemi8th of December Dr. ADEOYE Emmanuel Kayode8th of December Dr. TIJANI Hafis Korede9th of December Dr. (Mrs.) Okeke Monica Obiageli10th of December Dr. AKINLAWON Damilola 10th of December Prof. ODUM Celestine Uche11th of Decemebr Dr. AKINTUNDE Kemi12th of December Dr. OREBANJO Taiwo Olufemi13th of Decmber Dr. AKINLADE Olukayode15th of December Dr. ODUNLAMI Abiodun Kemi18th of December Dr. GIWA Babatunde Mohammed19th of December Dr. ROTILU Noel Babajide20th of December Dr. OWUANYI Anekwe20th of December Dr. ADEGOKE Adedamola20th of December Dr. THOMPSON Kayode21st of December
Dr. OGUNGBO Isiaka Biodun21st of December Dr. AWUJO Akinwole22nd of December Dr. IGHOYIVWI Noelle22nd of December Dr. UKPONG Eniefiok E.23rd of December Dr. AKANDE Abiodun V.23rd of December
Dr. AWONAYA Emmanuel24th of December
Dr. GBEMUDU Melvin C.27th of December
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Support the Rejuvenation Campaign
I Do!
Prof. ODUGBEMI, Toluwalope Olukayode Medilag Alumnus (1972 Set) , Immediate Past Vice-Chancellor, UNILAG & Curent Vice Chancellor, OSUSTECH.
I Do!
Dr. (Mrs.) A.O. Daramola Medilag Alumna (1990 Set) & Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Morbid Anatomy, CMUL
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Feedback from Alumni/Alumnae

Reply to the Congratulatory letter . Dear Sir/Madam: Thank you for the letter of congratulations. This Letter to the editor is most gratifying to me. The experiences at CMUL laid the foundation for my career. Dear Sir, Please accept my gratitude for the letter. I must commend you on the high quality eBest regards. newsletter that you send to the CMUL alumni. It is very informative and brings pleasant memoDr. Chike Abadama Doubeni Dept. of Family Medicine & Community Health, ries of Idi-Araba to those of us in diaspora. Seeing Dr. Noronha been accorded her rightful place Univertity of Massachusetts, USA. as a teacher extraordinaire was befitting. She made me love Anatomy to the extent that I was Hi, tempted to pause and complete a B.Sc before proI received the last 2 news letter from you and it ceeding with my MBBS. Such teachers are rare to was a great thing you have done. I was expectcome by. I wish her all the best as she enjoys her ing my birthday to be in the latest but was not well-deserved retirement. But such individuals there. even when they retire are still not tired to impart Kindly update my particulars with you. I am knowledge to future generations. As the class of interested in contributing financially and to at1982 approach our 30th year post graduation, it tend the gala nite for the 50th anniversary. would be nice that we initiate an award / annual I am Dr. Olaleye Dada Olateju, born 13 july, lecture in the name of that particular set who are 1966. CMUL 1984-89. MBBS, MCFP, DOHM. all over the world. I see your passion in the proFamily physician and occupational medicine duction of this newsletter. practitioner in Pretoria, South Africa, private practice with special interest in family therapy Keep up the good work with the e-newsletter. I and diabetes mellitus. I belong to the Centre for have inserted a more recent photograph of myDiabetes and Endocrinology, { CDE} in South self for your perusal. Africa. I moved here in 1994 and started my practice in 1998 after my post graduate training. Prof Gboyega A Ogunbanjo I am co- founder of the 1984-89 CMUL alumni Chief Specialist & Professor of Family Medicine set which meet severy 5 years and I hosted & Primary Health Care them in 2009 in South Africa. Director: School of Medicine, University of LimI wish you, all the best in your endeavours and thanks for the good work you are doing. Dr. O.D. Olateju popo (Medunsa Campus) Pretoria, South Africa
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36 Newly Qualified Physiotherapists Inducted

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 congratulated the newly qualified Physiotherapists. She advised the inductees to embrace their profession 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 knowledge 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 University 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 Nigeria currently has less than 2000 Physiotherapy serving the National Population of over 150 million (about 0.13 per 10,000). He urged the government to open Physiotherapy Training Institutions across the various geo-political regions of the country. Other dignitaries present at the induction ceremony included, representative of the Dean of Clinical Science, Prof. M.O. Kehinde, Sub-Dean, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Dr. A.A. Oremosu,, Head, Department of Physiotherapy, Dr. A.O. Olawale, Prof. Isaac Owoeye, Deputy College 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. The Alumni Relations and Advancement Unit congratulates the inductees and wishes them success in their endeavours.
Photo clip of the Inductees taking oath
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Nigerian Economic Summit Group selects Dr. Adedayo Osholowu as one of the Emerging Nigerian Entrepreneurs for 2011
Dr. Adedayo Osholowu, the driving force behind the visionary startup of Dayo Osholowu Medical Practice Group was selected by the Nigerian 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 December, 2011. Dr. Osholowu conceived his business 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 Africa 2010 World Cup Organizing Committee and Special Olympics International. A string of clients have already signed up for the Medical Practice Groups Specialist Sports Medicine consultancy service which co-ordinates the implementation, development and delivery of medical services and facilities for professional clubs, National and International sports tournament organizers. The client list already includes international teams and tournament organizers such as Dodan Warriors Professional Basketball Team, Lagos Rugby 7 Organizers, Special Olympics Nigeria, with the prospect of more national and international sports franchises to follow. In addition, this past month the Medical practice of Dr. Dayo Osholowu entered into a strategic alliance with Lagoon Hospitals, Nigerias leading private Hospital Group to license and operate the Dayo Osholowu Brand of Sports Injury Clinics targeted at amateur, recreational, and youth athletes 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 patients 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 actively 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 construction 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 DirectorGeneral of NESG, Mr. Frank Nweke (Jnr), said his organisation supports the ideas, the innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit of Dr. Adedayo 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. The Alumni Relations and Advancement Unit salutes this great Ambassador of the College and wishes him more success in the years ahead.
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WE WERE THERE!
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 reception 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. The Alumni Relations and Advancement Unit wishes the couple a blessed union. Here are some photo shots of the event.
The Couple with the brides sisters
The newly wedded Couple, Mr. & Mrs. Adeola Akinsanya.
From Right: The Provost, Prof Oluwole Ayoola Atoyebi, the Couple and Dr. (Mrs.) Toyin Atoyebi (both CMUL Alumni).
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Professor Alagunmba Lewis Nwosu Passes On

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 November, 2011. The late Professor Nwosu was born on 1st of October, 1934. He attended Central School, Umuahia, Abia State between 1940-1946 and was admitted to Methodist College, Uzuakoli (19471952) and Dennis Memorial Grammer School, Onitsha (1953-1954) fir his Cambridge Higher School Certificate. He proceeded to the University of Freiburg Breisagau, West Germany in 1961 for his proficiency certificate in German Language. He obtained a Bachelor of Dental Science with Distinction at the University of Zurich, Switzerland in 1965 and MB.BS in 1968 respectively. He also bagged DMD (Zurich, 1966),
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 service 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 Surgery and was given the full Professorial Chair in 1983. The Alumni Relations and Advancement Unit condoles the family of Professor Nwosu and prays for his soul to rest in perpetual peace.
WE WERE THERE!
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.
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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. Im 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! The husband checked into the hotel and discovered they now have computers in the hotel room, so he decided to send an e-mail to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in her email 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 husbands funeral .The widow decided to check her email expecting messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message, she screamed and fainted, the widows son rushed into the room , found his mother on the floor and saw the computer screen which reads: To: My Loving Wife Subject: Ive Arrived I know you are surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now and you are allowed to send email to your loved ones. Ive just arrived and have been checked in. Ive 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. A couple decided to go on holiday to Florida during a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 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.
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
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As it was in the Beginning.
LUTH Gate Entrance at Night
Second Set of CMUL Graduating Class
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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. Simply identify correctly 5 out of the 9 pictures of alumni/alumnae pasted below and send your answers via e-mail to cmulalumni@cmul.edu.ng stating your name, year of graduation, current telephone number, and your postal address. Entry closes on 15th March, 2012. Picture 1 Picture 6 Picture 4
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One on One with the College Secretary

We had a chat with the College Secretary/ Director of Administration in her office on some salient issues. Below are the excerpts of our discussion. Similarly, considering the fact that the College is basically 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 increased over the years, has not been able to march that increase occasioned by the currency exchange rate. Again, the other problem is government decision not to introduce charges and so student dont 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 disadvantaged 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 mentioned.
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 Ive 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 environment 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 airconditioned 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 disadvantage 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 dollar then, would cost up to hundreds of millions of naira now.
Admission of Students into CMUL has been difficult with high cutoff marks. Why is this so?
There are many reasons for this. Firstly, the countrys 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 dont 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 increase in terms of the workforce and facilities like laboratories, accommodation and even teaching hospitals. On the other hand, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) and the National University Commission (NUC) are closely monitoring all institutions to ensure that they dont exceed their quota. Hence, we are left with the dilemma of picking few candidates from the plethora of those who have
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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 challenges 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 accommodate two in a room. Now we have to create 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 students in jeopardy. We also have the challenge of teaching spaces. We dont have enough lecture rooms. We have grown from having few courses, now we have more courses like Bachelor of Medical Laboratory 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 Surulere or somewhere close to the campus but we have stopped renting accommodation for Lecturers because we can no longer afford it. As such, some members of staff live far away and the traffic 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 dont forget I mentioned that, we are not permitted to charge tuition and government is insisting on this but government is not funding the system to make it comfortable for managers to cope. The remedy to these challenges is that some kind of fee should be charged. When you charge fees its a two way thing. The students who paid have expectation 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 secondary school and you get to the tertiary institution and you dont 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 dont know. We also need to improve on our internally generated 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 investments. Although we have explored this areas extensively, 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.
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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 information 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 dont 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 cant really say specifically which is the most challenging. 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 electric 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 leaving the College better than I met it.
What would you say to the alumni/alumnae about What steps is the Management taking to ensure the rejuvenation campaign of the College? that the standard of medical education in the I like to tell all our alumni/alumnae that they are College improves? stakeholders and that the College belong to them for good and for ill. Whatever they are today is a combiI think the Provost would be in a better position nation of what the College has impacted in them and to answer that. Nevertheless, our Academic how they have been able to develop themselves. As Board is very vibrant despite the deteriorating such, there is a need for them to give back to their state of the facilities. Our lecturers have re- alma mata. There is a need for them to be committed mained passionate and have always given their to the development of the College. I am not standing best. As such, we have created the Medical Edu- brief for the government, but the government cannot cation Development Unit headed by Dr. Christy do it alone. The task to move the College forward is Okoromah to review the curriculum of the so enormous that all hands must be on deck. I am courses offered with a view to keeping up with sure that as we are using this medium to reach out to the contemporary world. The Academic Board our alumni/alumnae it will increase the drive for the also decided that teaching the core skill of medi- rejuvenation of the College. cine should be shifted to the fifth year to ensure Thank you for your time Ma! better learning. Thank you very much and keep up the good work.
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