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Dr. Samuel Oladele Oloruntoba

Samuel Oladele Oloruntoba was born at Alla in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State on the 21st July, 1938. Dr OloruntobaHe was the third child and the first son of Late Baba Deacon Jacob Oyedepo Oloruntoba and Late Mama Serah Fayoyin Oloruntoba. Late Deacon Jacob Oloruntoba, a renowned carpenter in his day , was ordained as the first Baptist Deacon in Kwara State in the fifties. Young Samuel Oladele had very strict Christian unbringing

Schools attended and academic qualifications:

  1. He was in the first group of young pupils gathered together to start a school in Alla in 1945. He remained in the Baptist Day School Alla till 1949
  2. He was also in the first group pupils gathered together by the then Igbomina Baptist Association to start the Baptist Central School Iji in 1950.
  3. Schools that could offer full Primary School education were few in the area in those days. He therefore had to move to S.I.M (now ECWA) Central School Igbaja in 1952 to finish Primary School.
  4. He went to Gindiri Secondary School in Plateau State in 1953 and finished in 1958 earning the best result in the West African School Certificate for his school for that year.
  5. He studied for his Advanced Level General Certificate of Education in the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria from 1959 to 1961.
  6. He was admitted to the University of Ibadan Medical School in 1961. At that time there was only one Medical School in the entire West Africa sub-region, therefore competition for entry was stiff. He graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1966, winning Blair Aitken Price for Clinical Surgery.
  7. He went to Johns Hopkings University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A in 1973 for training in Advanced Techniques in the management of Fertility.
  8. In 1978 he enrolled in the Training and Research Centre, P.P.A. Chicago, Illinois,USA. There he earned the Certificate in Adolescent Fertility Management.

Fellowships of Medical Professional Bodies:

  1. He is a foundation Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria in General Medical Practice 1982.
  2. He is also aFellow of the West African College of Physicians. 1986.

Membership of Professional Associations:

  1. He is a member of the Nigerian Medical Association.
  2. He is an Honorary Member, Association of Resident Doctors
  3. He is a member of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria.
  4. He is a member of the Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria, of which he was the inaugural President, 1998-2004.

Marital Status

He got married to Comfort Omolola, daughter of late Baba Elder Michael Ajibola and Late Mama Madam Racheal Ajibola of Iwo, in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State on the 28th December 1967. The marriage is blessed with two sons, two daughters and six grandchildren.

Working Experience as a Medical Doctor:

He has worked in the following Hospitals:

  1. University College Hospital, Ibadan.
  2. Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesha.
  3. General Hospital, Zaria.
  4. Kano City Hospital.
  5. Lafiya Clinic, Kaduna.
  6. Ola-Olu Hospital Ilorin, which he founded and of which he has been Medical Director since 1969.

CONTRIBUTION to THE UPLIFTMENT OF his COUNTRY:

Contributions at community/Local Government Level

As a key Community leader, he has been the prime mover of community development in Alla, his home town in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. He has served as the Chairman of Alla Central Development Committee since 1971.

This Committee meets in his house about once a month to consider issues related to the development of his home town.

Contributions at the State Level:

  1. Past Member, Kwara State Sports Council, 1984
  2. He sponsored the First Kwara State Table Tennis Championship, 1976. This was documented in J.B. Agbogun's book- "Sports Development in Kwara State of Nigeria."
  3. As President of the Rotary Club of Ilorin in 1981, he organised the donation of a giant trophy for Athletic Competition in the State, and a brand new bus to the Kwara State Red Cross.
  4. He headed the Government panel of enquiry into allegations of criminal negligence leveled against Ministry of Health Staff in relation to the death of a final year student in Kwara State College of Technology, 1981.
  5. On request, he prepared and submitted a comprehensive strategy for the improvement of Health care in Kwara State, 1983.
  6. Member of the first Kwara State Health Management Board 1978.
  7. Member, Kwara State Government Health Planing Committee, 1993.
  8. The first Kwara State Secretary of the Nigerian Medical Association, 1972.
  9. The first Kwara State Secretary of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria.
  10. Past Kwara State Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, 1985.
  11. Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association Kwara State Committee of Medical Elders, charged with the responsibility of handling special problems facing the medical profession in Kwara State.
  12. Member, Kwara State Branch of the Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria.
  13. Patron, Kwara State Chapter of the African Network for Protection and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
  14. Chairman, Board of Trustees of Emmanuel Baptist Church Ilorin, where he has served as a Deacon since 1982.
  15. Past Chairman, Kwara State Branch of the Child Evangelism Fellowship of Nigeria Inc.

Contributions at National Level:

  1. Member, Federal Government's Working Parties on National Health Insurance
    Scheme, 1990.
  2. Member, National Committee on Quality Control in Private Hospitals. 1992.
  3. Trainer and Member of the Court of Examiners of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria since 1983.
  4. He was in the group that, in a workshop held in Ibadan in 1980, initiated a Postgraduate training programme in General Medical Practice in Nigeria. As trainer in the programme, he has personally supervised the training of many Medical doctors for the Fellowship of the National and/or West African Postgraduate Medical College, in General Medical Practice.
  5. At the international Conference held at Ota, near Lagos in April 1998 for the review of the National and the West African Postgraduate Training Programme in General Medical Practice, he was unanimously elected the inaugural President of the Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria.
  6. Member of the inaugural Management Board of the University of llorin Teaching Hospital, 1979-1983.
  7. Trustee: National body of the Nigerian Medical Association.
  8. Trustee: Chapel of the Light, University of llorin from inception.
  9. An Incorporated Trustee of the Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria.
  10. Chairman, Nigerian Baptist Convention Medical Board, which oversees all the
    Baptist Health Institutions in Nigeria. 1992-1996.
  11. Member, Board of Governors, Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary Ogbomoso, 1985-1991.
  12. Past Chairman, Advisory Board of Baptist School of Nursing, Ogbomoso.
  13. Member, Nigerian Baptist Convention Global Missions Board,
  14. Vice President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, 2004 to 2006.

Contributions at the International Level:

  1. Past District Governor of Rotary International, District 9130, Nigeria. 1990-91,
  2. He has attended International Conferences in sixteen countries of the World.
  3. He was the leader of the Group Study Exchange team comprising of-five
    outstanding Nigerians, a lawyer, a doctor, a surveyor and a journalist that toured East Pennsylvania U.S.A. for six weeks in 1994. A reciprocal American team also visited Nigeria for six weeks in return. In their own way those exchange visits assisted the bridging of communication gaps and helped to promote international understanding, friendship, and goodwill between Nigeria and the United States of America.

Awards/Distinctions or Recognitions:

  1. He had the best result in West African School Certificate Examination for his school in 1958.
  2. He was the school champion in Table Tennis and served as Captain of the School Table Tennis team.
  3. He held the school's record for Shot Put in his final year,
  4. He won the Imperial Chemical Industries (I.C.I.) Prize in June 1961 for recording the best result in that year's G.C.E. Advanced Level Physics in the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology,
  5. As a medical student he won the Class Prize for Psychiatry, in an assessment
    conducted by the world-renowned Psychiatrist and former Deputy Director of the World Health Organization, Professor Adeoye Larnbo.
  6. He won the Blair Aitken Prize for Clinical Surgery in his final year in the University of Ibadan.
  7. The "Carols on the Rock" programme of his Hospital has annually drawn together an estimated twenty thousand participants from far and near in an edifying community outdoor Christmas celebration since 1977. He personally plays the organ during the event. That programme reaches as least ten States of the country simultaneously by radio live broadcast and TV. relay,
  8. He has been able to weld together a team of three Nigerian Medical doctors in a continuous and harmonious group medical practice since 1973. Long-lasting and happy professional partnerships are not-very common in our country.
  9. For his contribution to the programme of training post-graduate Doctors for the various medical specialties, he was awarded the Honourary Membership of the National Association of Resident Doctors of the University of llorin Teaching Hospital in 1999.
  10. In 1994, the Old Students Association of his Alma Mater in Gindiri marked forty five years of the existence of the school in Jos, the Plateau State Capital, with Merit Awards to deserving Old Students. He won the GOSA Distinguished Merit Award "in recognition of meritorious and distinguished attainment in the field of Medical Practice and Community Service."
  11. He won the "Egbe Omo Igbomina" Merit Award in 1993 for Meritorious services to the Igbomina people of his home Local Government Area.
  12. When Kwara State celebrated twenty one years of its existence in 1988, he was honoured with a State Merit Award for his contribution to the development of Kwara State, in the area of Health,
  13. Ola-OIu Hospital, of which he is Medical Director, received a complimentary mention in a book, "Frontline Hospital" written by Dr. Andrew Pearson, who has worked for many years in Nigeria as a Missionary Medical Doctor. The book was published by FSG Communications Ltd. and was launched in Bristol, England on 30th March, 1996.
  14. He was listed in "Who is Who in Kwara State" published in 1991.
  15. He was listed in the "New Who is Who in Nigeria" published by the Nigeria International Biographical Centre,
  16. He was listed in "African Who's Who" Year 2000
  17. He was listed in the "International Book of Honour" (Second World Edition) published by the American Biographical Institute in 1988.
  18. He was listed in "Outstanding People of the 20th Century" by the International Biographical Centre, Cambrige England.

Hobbies:

  1. Fine Art:
    • While serving on its Board he designed the Logo of the University of llorin Teaching Hospital. The logo which was designed free of charge in 1979 is being used.
    • A painting he did as a junior Secondary School School Student in 1954 was adjudged as outstanding and was taken to England by his British Fine Art teacher. It was returned to Nigeria forty five years later and is being kept by him as an archival treasure.
  2. Organ-Playing and Music Composition:
    He plays the organ and composes music. Some of his compositions are rendered annually during "Carol on the Rock" programme which he organizes.
  3. Photography
  4. Gardening
  5. Writing:
    He is a prolific writer. His published writings include:
    1. "Service at its Best"
    2. "Opportunities for Service in Private Medical Practice"
    3. "Is God subject to scientific investigation?"
    4. "It is by free will, not by force"
    5. "You are not old: Middle Age Crisis in Women"
    6. "Walking-Man's Best Exercise."
    (e) and (f) were circulated round the country in a Health promotion effort to educate the Nigerian Woman and the Nigerian Business Executive respectively.
  6. Dr. Oloruntoba was specially commissioned by the West African College of
    Physicians, to write two chapters in the book, "Essentials of Postgraduate
    Family Medicine in West Africa." The two Chapters he wrote are:
    • "Practice Settings" and
    • "Human Behaviour and the Problems of Living”
  7. He has also been commissioned to work on a revised edition of the book
    "Medical Administration for Front-line Doctors" written by a British
    Medical doctor Dr. Andrew Pearson who worked in Nigeria for about forty
    years.
  8. On request, he wrote and presented a review of the book "Biography of an
    Icon, Ven. Dr. E. O. Alayande" by Prof. Lekan Oyedeji, to mark the great
    Nigerian patriarch's 96th birthday, January 2006.

His Books:

  1. "The First Decade", 1979
  2. "A Chance to live longer", 1985.
  3. "Family Bliss", 1987.
  4. "Notes and Notions-Health Plus" is a 222-page volume, launched by former Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in July, 1998. The book considers the health of the individual and the society at large, in all ramifications.
  5. "Lest We Forget", 2001
  6. "The Story of Carols on the Rock", 2002
  7. "Setting up and Maintaining a viable Private Medical Practice", 2003
  8. "Ingredients for a Distinguished Life", 2007.

Work and Worship:

Dr. Oloruntoba in addition to his duties as Medical Director is a highly-sought-after conference speaker and resource person. He firmly believes that in order to be complete, man must not only work, he must also worship his Creator. He was ordained a Baptist Deacon in 1982.

He led the vibrant over-1000-member-strong English-speaking congregation of Emmanuel Baptist Church llorin for 12years. That congregation, made up of predominantly students and youth under his leadership, moved into a new auditorium in November, 1998. In this assignment, he maximised the opportunity to positively influence the lives of thousands of young Nigerians while they were still in their malleable years.

Nominated by the Kwara State Government, he was awarded the National Honour of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) in January 1999. In year 2001 his name came up again on the list of National honours, when he was awarded by President Obasanjo the National Honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger.

Dr. Oloruntoba can gratefully say in the words of the hymn written by Robert Robinson in 1758:

"Here I raise my Ebenezer; Hither by Thy help I'm come."
 
 
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