8th Annual Prof. Olukoye Ransome Kuti Lecture Holds Tomorrow

This year's edition of the annual lecture initiated 8 years ago in memory of Professor Olukoye Ransome Kuti, a former Nigerian health minister will hold tomorrow in Lagos and the guest lecturer this year is the executive governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who will be speaking on how his government is tackling health and social inequity challenges.

In a statement, the organizers of the lectures, Women’s Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC) and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said the goal of the lecture series is to enlighten Nigerian leaders on the issues affecting good health practices and policies for women and adolescents.

"The lecture will demonstrate an example of good health governance by a state in Nigeria and point the way forward for others to follow,"  said Lady Winifred Onyeonwu (JP), Chairperson, WHARC Board of Trustees.

This year's edition would be chaired by Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and special guests include he Chief Servant of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, the First Lady of Ogun State, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun and Dr. Ado Muhammad, Executive Director of the NPHCDA.

Guests are expected to be seated by 10:00am while the event will commence by 11:00am at the Great Hall, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos.

HealthNewsNG.com is an official media partner of the event and we will be streaming the event live on our LIVE channel and the official hash tag for the event is #WHARC.