Akin Emmanuel Abayomi
responsible gambling
Prof. Akin Emmanuel Abayomi na Nigerian doctor and professor wey sabi internal medicine, haematology and biosecurity. Since 2019 e dey serve as Honourable Commissioner for Health for Lagos State Government, and im second four-year term start for September 2023. Im clinical and research career cut across United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Barbados, South Africa and Nigeria; for South Africa im head di Division of Haematopathology for Tygerberg Academic Hospital and Stellenbosch University, and today e be Emeritus Professor for Stellenbosch University and founder of di GET Consortium. President Muhammadu Buhari give am di National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) for im COVID-19 work, and e also be Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON). For 2025 im come out as one major public voice wey dey frame gambling addiction as public-health matter, and im lead di announcement of one 500-bed psychiatric hospital with 1,000-bed rehabilitation facility for Ketu Ejirin.
Credentials: - Prof., MBBS, MRCP (UK), FCPath (Haem), MPhil, FRCP (Edin)
Internal medicine and clinical haematologyPublic health and epidemic crisis managementMental health in megacitiesGambling addiction as public-health concernBiosecurity and One Health