About Us

His Excellency Alhaji (Dr) Lam Adesina

Also affectionately known as "Ore mekunnu" (Friend of the common people)

(20/01/1939- 11/11/2012)

Lam was a much loved husband and father to six children, living in Ibadan, Nigeria. He was an educated, wise and generous man, and a former Governor of Oyo State (1999-2003). His leadership extended into both education and politics throughout his life

Lam was born on 20 January 1939. His mother died when he was still very young but he worked hard at school from a young age. At college he was a progressive and brilliant student , drawing attention from the media as a young man. Lam started his career as a passionate 'champion' of education, working as a teacher for many years to earn a living for himself, his wife and his young family.

Later Lam became involved in politics where his strong democratic values became a driving force in Oyo State. Lam was imprisoned twice during the 1990s for his political beliefs, having committed no crime. He endured threats to his life but "neither bombs, nor chains, nor bullets shall stop the daring democrat" (Olalere Fagbola 1999). In 1999 he was elected Governor of Oyo State and served his fellow compatriots for 4 years, achieving progressive change. After 2003 Lam continued to be seen as a leader of democratic values in Nigeria, prioritising his principles and strong moral compass ahead of his own safety and personal life.

During his extraordinary life he reached out and helped his fellow compatriots in many ways. He is sadly missed by all those who knew him, but his legacy now lives on through the work of the Ayo Lam Care Foundation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lam_Adesina

"The Incorruptible Democrat" (by Olalere Fagbola)

In1999 a photo-biography of Alhaji Lam Adesina was published in Nigeria (ISBN number 978-31929-0-7)

Some of the most striking quotes from this book are featured below;

"All of us are each an Adesina in a way, as we afford to open new ways, new vistas for humanity"
"He learns to no purpose, he who is unable to teach" (Lam realised the wisdom in this saying by Sir Samuel Jackson at a young age)
" All heroic minds often face stiff opposition from mediocre minds" (Olalere Fagbola)
"The struggle is my life" (Alhaji Lam Adesina)

Professor Olaoluwa Akinyele (1999)- "I recommend this book for those who seek to be leaders of people in the next millenium. His value systems need to be amplified to youngsters who only seek material things and have wrong values. A good moral foundation can be built by young people through reading the life and times of Alhaji Lam Adesina and his antecedents. I encourage both young and old to read and study this significant biography, more than that everyone should strive to make his principled approach part of their lifestyles."

Dr Ayobami Wasiu Adesina (Eldest Son of Lam Adesina)

Education: B.Sc (Hons) Applied Geophysics, Pdiploma Computer Applications, Msc and Ph.d Economic Development Planning.

An experienced and highly skilled Director educated in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. As a graduate from University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife), he gained a strong management experience working as the borehole and waterwell supervisor for the Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructure in Katsina Ala, Benue State, Nigeria and with the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom.

Ayo has supported various national healthcare commissioning organisations in rural and urban areas of the United Kingdom to become a highly performing organisation (3 star trusts). His role included working with these organisations (and their partners) to implement governance structures to support the delivery of high quality healthcare for the local population. He gained competencies to create important linkages between healthcare and social care programmes to respond to population needs. Ayo championed the delivery and improvement of the quality of patient care and efficiency (effective use of resources). He facilitated collaborative working amongst different organisations, improved engagement with clinicians and the population to implement healthcare programmes. He built up a network of contacts, acting as the performance, quality, and planning point of contact for many organisations with their external partners, including the Voluntary Sector Organisations, Local Partner Organisations, NHS Regional offices, NICE and the Department of Health, the Care Quality Commission and the National Auditors.

Dr Olufemi Tunde Apata

Education: B.Sc(Ed) Biology, RMN, RGN, M.Ed (Curriculum Studies/Population Education) MA Applied Population Research and PhD Population Geography

Tunde is a multi-skilled health and education professional with over 20 years of national and international experience on issues of health, social care and education with specific focus on Public Health.

Tunde is a highly motivated individual with the excellent organisational skills required to achieve work targets.

His University affiliations included Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Lagos, Nigeria; University of Exeter, Brunel University, Thames Valley University, University of Sheffield and Oxford University in UK; and Havard University, Boston, USA.

He is passionate about Evidence-Based care, Clinical Governance, Clinical Effectiveness and Patient safety aimed at improving the quality of care available to people. He has provided a wide range of technical expertise on Health Strengthening, Capacity building in health, Independent Advocacy, Clinical Audits , Palliative/End of Life Care, design management and monitoring and evaluation of health programmes in varied developing country contexts. He is competent at using quantitative, qualitative and participatory methods for programme planning/design, monitoring, evaluation and operational research.

He had good working relationships with Lagos State Schools Board, NGOs, USAID, UNFPA, JAMB and WAEC in Nigeria, The UK National Health Service (NHS), The Care Quality Commission (CQC), MIND and Census Statistics in the United Kingdom. He was an NHS Executive appointed member for Lambeth Community Health Council, UK, 2001-2003. He won the DARG Postgraduate Award in 1995 and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Award in 1993.

He is a registered member of the Nursing and Midwifery Council ( NMC ), The Royal College of Nursing ( RCN ), The Royal Society of Public Health, The Science Teachers' Association of Nigeria and The Chartered Management Institute in the UK

Mrs Julia Muir

Education: Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree (University of Bath) 1989. Certificate of Clinical Pharmacy (University of London) 1993. MRPharmS 1990.

In 1991 Julia spent 6 months travelling in India, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. This life experience helped her to understand different cultures, religions and lifestyles. Julia continues to enjoy travel, having visited many interesting and diverse countries since then.

Julia worked at the Chelsea and Westminster hospital in London as a resident pharmacist between 1992 and 1993, when it was first built. Her experience also includes running the Regional Medicines Information department at the University Hospital Southampton from 1995 to 1998.

Julia decided to transfer into the Primary Care sector in 1998 and since then has been working as Head of Pharmacy Services and Medicines Management in Southampton. She has extensive experience of working in both primary and secondary health care settings alongside senior clinical and managerial colleagues, as well as mentoring more junior colleagues in her current role. She has a strong track record of delivering positive change in leadership roles.

In 2009 whilst working in the NHS, Julia became a work colleague and friend of Dr Ayobaml Adesina, Lam's eldest son. Inspired by Lam's extraordinary life story and achievements Julia now spends some of her spare time working with colleagues for the Ayo Lam Care Foundation in the UK. Julia plans to visit Oyo State in 2014.

Ms Tola Odedina.

Tola is a registered MSP™ (Managing Successful Programmes) Advanced Practitioner, PRINCE2™ Practitioner and M_o_R ® (Management of Risk) Practitioner. She has an MSc in Geographic Information Systems and expertise in Organisational Design & Implementation, Information Systems, Information Technology and Data Management.

Key Skills:
• Programme Management
• Project Management & Delivery
• Benefit Management and Realisation
• Project Assurance
• Project Governance and PMO
• Issue & Risk Management RAID
• Policy, Process Guide & Strategy development
• Finance and Budgetary Control
• People Management
• Organisational Design and Implementation
• Stakeholder, Customer and Supplier Relationship Management
• Enterprise Resource Planning Systems ERP

Market Sectors:
• Telecommunications and ICT
• Utilities,
• Banking,
• Finance,
• Central & Local Government,
• Engineering,
• Environment,
• Housing, Land and Property,
• Rents and Benefits,
• Retail

Mr Kola Akinola

Education PG Dip Mgt, PG Dip HIV Mgt, MBA

Kola Akinola is an experienced public sector consultant with over 24 years experience working in a variety of positions across the private, public and nongovernmental sectors in various countries including Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Papua New Guinea and United Kingdom. Kola has spent a considerable amount of his work in various management and policy roles, where he has specialised in project management and strategic management. One of his key achievements was establishing the wheel clamping scheme in the London Borough of Lambeth as a sustainable scheme with the income from the scheme shared between the local government and the private clamping company. In South Africa, Kola worked with a community organisation setting up the management systems and ensuring the organisation remained viable. Another achievement was project managing the fingerprint system in a UK government department. In Papua New Guinea Kola supported co-ordination of a HIV management awareness programme for community health workers across that country on behalf of the Anglican Mission. He has also co-authored a report on "The impact of local HIV responses on strengthening health systems in Malawi and Chad." Kola has extensive local government and NGO experience and has been involved in business analysis, policy development and research management.

Mr Lanre Madarikan

Education: Bsc Chemistry & Cosmetics Science, (DMS)Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies, MSc Management & Technology, Research to MPhil in Manpower Planning, Performance Appraisal and Sex Discrimination

Lanre Madarikan has extensive experience, vertically and horizontally in providing Back Office Processing, Contact and Call Centre services. Over 20 years of international experience has been gained in the UK from British Telecommunications, the National Health Service and Southern Electric. His acquired skills have given him great expertise in Business Process Outsourcing, Information Management Systems, Business Development, Sales Delivery and Customer Service Delivery. He is a consultant specialising in commercial and public information systems focused on Sales Revenue Generation, Performance Optimisation and Customer Service Satisfaction. His substantial experience at Senior Management level in British Telecommunications has also given him the valuable orientation of delivering and surpassing challenging targets in Customer Service and Sales Delivery. This experience has also provided extensive exposure to managing Contact Centres staffed by hundreds of Contact Centre agents handling tens of thousands of calls daily. He has extensive experience of generating sales revenue and high levels of customer satisfaction using telesales and telemarketing teams and has a full understanding of the blending techniques used to achieve maximum productivity from desk based operations. He has gained a full understanding of Back Office processes and their value in any operation, validated by achieving ISO 9001 within 18 months of starting up a new company in the UK. He is a seasoned Sales, Customer Service and Operations professional who will add value by bringing a wealth of experience and objectivity to either create revenues, processes and procedures or underpin and enhance existing revenues, processes and procedures.

Dr Dapo Alalade

MBBS, DCH, DFFP, MRCGP, PGDip SEM

GP & Principal Partner, University Surgery, Nuffield Centre, Portsmouth

Executive Clinical Director, Quality and Safeguarding, NHS Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), St James's Hospital, Portsmouth.

Dapo is a General practitioner with vast experience of both acute and community provision within the NHS. Having worked in hospitals from Bradford to Tunbridge Wells, mainly in paediatrics, he then settled back into General Practice, where he worked in Ibadan, Nigeria, before moving to the UK in early 1990. He has a keen interest in Sports medicine. He has in addition, worked with the Portsmouth Clinical Commissioing Group (CCG) during the last 3 years, assuring quality and safety of services provided by local health organisations through development, monitoring and review of quality contracts. He is a member of the Portsmouth CCG Board, Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Board (PSCB) and Portsmouth safeguarding Adults Board (PSAB)

Mrs Shola Alalade

LLB, LLM

Solicitor

Also in collaboration with the following learned colleagues;

Mr Mutiu Aderenle Salau (Accountant)
Mr John Adeola Akinwale (Social worker)
Mr Adekunle Adedoyin Adetimirin (IT specialist)
Alhaji Raufu Babalola (Stock Broker)
Mr Sunday Imoh (Accountant)

And in Association with;

Dr Derek Waller, University Hospital Southampton, Chairman British National Formulary Committee
Dr David Paynton, Royal College of GPs
Dr Peter Tiplady, former Director of Public Health, North Cumbria, NHS
Mr Douglas Scott, former Director of Performance, North Cumbria, NHS

Trustees of the Ayo Lam Care Foundation

Alhaja Adeola Saratu Adesina
Mrs Oladoyinbo Mary Olufunmilayo
Dr Ayobami Wasiu Adesina
Dr Olufemi Babatunde Apata
Mrs Rachel Adetimirin

UK Trustees

Dr Ayobami Wasiu Adesina
Mrs Julia Muir
Dr Dapo Alalade
Ms Tola Odedina