Kofo Abayomi left teaching in early 1914 to join the staff of the African Hospital, Lagos.
16 Facts About Kofo Abayomi
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Kofo Abayomi studied pharmacy at the Yaba Higher College, then attended the Medical School of the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1928.
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Kofo Abayomi was retained as a demonstrator for a period before he returned to Nigeria to work under Dr Oguntola Sapara.
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Kofo Abayomi returned to the United Kingdom in 1930 to study tropical medicine and hygiene, and again, in 1939, for a postgraduate course in ophthalmic surgery and medicine.
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Kofo Abayomi was a founding member of the Nigerian Youth Movement in 1933.
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Kofo Abayomi became President of the NYM on the death of Dr James Churchill Vaughan in 1937.
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Kofo Abayomi was elected a member of the Legislative Council in 1938.
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Kofo Abayomi returned to Nigeria in 1941 to continue his successful family practice.
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Kofo Abayomi later became the first private practitioner to be elected president of the Nigerian Medical Association.
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Kofo Abayomi was a member of the Governor's Executive council from 1949 to 1951.
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Kofo Abayomi was one of the founding members of the Action Group when that party's Lagos branch was inaugurated on 5 May 1951.
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Sir Kofo Abayomi represented the Nigerian Legislature on the Governing Council of the University College, Ibadan from its foundation in 1948 to 1961.
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Kofo Abayomi was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Board of Management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan when it was inaugurated in 1951.
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Kofo Abayomi became the first Nigerian Chairman of the Board of the University College Hospital, Ibadan in 1958, a position he held until 1965.
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Kofo Abayomi served on the board or as chairman of several companies for the rest of his life.
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Sir Kofo died peacefully at home on 1 January 1979 at the age of 82, leaving behind a widow, Oyinkan, Lady Abayomi, who was herself a prominent figure in the history of Nigeria.