Olikoye O. Ransome-Kuti: A testimony of his achievements in health reforms and public health governance.

ABSTRACT

The late Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Nigeria's longest-serving Health Minister since independence to date, has been variedly referred to as a distinguished academic, professional, public servant, technocrat, reformer, change agent, and mentor. His name is widely known not only within Nigeria but in Africa and, indeed, globally. Based on my knowledge of him as a result of working and interacting very closely with him in various capacities during the last twenty-seven (27) years of his life (1976-2003), I have highlighted in this paper some of his efforts and achievements for which he will forever be remembered.