Eyitayo Lambo was appointed the Nigerian Federal Minister of Health in July 2003, holding office until May 2007 during the second term of the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo.
14 Facts About Eyitayo Lambo
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Eyitayo Lambo attended the University of Ibadan, University of Rochester and University of Lancaster.
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Professor Eyitayo Lambo taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Universities of Ibadan, Ilorin and Bendel State, 1974 to 1992.
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Eyitayo Lambo was elected a Fellow for Operational Research, one of the first Africans so honored by that international professional organization in 1986.
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Eyitayo Lambo was a consultant lecturer to the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank and the African Development Bank.
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Eyitayo Lambo was external examiner to several Universities, including the City University of London.
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Eyitayo Lambo was the Regional Adviser for health sector reforms, health care financing and health in socioeconomic development in the World Health Organization's regional office for Africa from 1990 to 1999.
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Eyitayo Lambo was the first economist to be employed by the WHO's Regional Office for Africa.
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Eyitayo Lambo was Director of the Change Agent Program in Nigeria funded by the Department for International Development, UK with the Federal Government of Nigeria from October 2001 to July 2003.
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Professor Eyitayo Lambo has published over sixty papers, articles and books in the areas of quantitative economics, modeling, operations research applied to health, strategic management, and health economics.
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In July 2003, Eyitayo Lambo was appointed Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, holding office until May 2007, making him the only economist appointed as Minister of Health in Nigeria to date and the second longest serving Minister of Health in Nigeria to date.
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Eyitayo Lambo was one of the few politically neutral technocrats to serve under the administration.
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Eyitayo Lambo had a strong focus on long term health sector reform and good governance.
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On September 17,2013, Eyitayo Lambo was conferred with a Fellowship by the Nigerian Economic Society along with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in the presence of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR and the President of the Nigerian Economic Society, Professor Akin Iwayemi.