Iziaq Adekunle Salako

Iziaq Adekunle Salako
Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare
Honorable Minister
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 23, 2024
PresidentBola Tinubu
Preceded byTunji Alausa
Honourable Minister of State for Environment
In office
August 21, 2023 – October 23, 2024
Honorable Commissioner for Agriculture, Housing & Health Ogun State
In office
2007–2011
Personal details
Born
Iziaq Adekunle Adeboye Salako

(1967-08-09) 9 August 1967 (age 57)
Ayetoro Yewa North, Ogun State
NationalityNigerian
Alma materUniversity of Lagos
Occupation
  • Politician
  • medical practitioner

Iziaq Adekunle Salako (born 9 August 1967, Ayetoro Yewa North, Ogun State) is a Nigerian politician and medical practitioner who serves as the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare.[1][2]

Early life and education

Salako was born into the family of Alhaji Yunus Akande Salako in Ayetoro Yewa North, Ogun State.[3]

He received his primary education at the United Primary School, Ayetoro then proceeded to Abeokuta Grammar School for his secondary education.[3] He holds an MBBS degree from the University of Lagos and Masters in Public Health from the Lagos State University. [4] He is currently completing a PhD programme in Public Health specializing in Health Policy and Management.[5]

Career

He is a certified colposcopist and sonologist.[6] He had worked in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Onitsha General Hospital, Ebonyi State, St' Raphel Hospital, Lagos, Mucas Hospital, Lagos and the Lagos State Health Service Commission where he rose to the position of Senior Medical Officer before exiting the organization to pursue other vision.[7]

Political career

He served as the Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture, Housing and Health between 2007 and 2011.[8] In 2020, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Ogun State Hospitals Management Board and was adjudged the best government parastatal Chairman in the State in 2021 by Gateway News Magazine.[7] In August 2023, he was nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to serve as a minister and after a successful screening by the Nigerian Senate, he was appointed as the Minister of State for Environment.[4][9]

On the 23rd of October 2024, following a meeting of the Federal Executive Council(FEC), Salako was re-assigned by President Bola Tinubu to the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare as the Honourable Minister of State for Health and Social welfare.[10]

Personal life

He is married to Dr Risquat Oluremi Salako, a public health microbiologist and they have three children. He is a Muslim.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Meet Ogun State Minister-Designate From Ogun West: Dr Iziaq Kunle Adeboye SALAKO - Yewa People Development Council". 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  2. ^ Anyanwu, Samuel (2024-11-05). "Dr. Alausa handover to new Minister of State, Health". Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  3. ^ a b TVC News Nigeria (2023-08-05). Trending: Senate Screens Isiak Salako From Ogun State For Ministerial Position. Retrieved 2024-05-29 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ a b "Home". Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  5. ^ "Minister of State". environment.gov.ng. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  6. ^ "Profile: Meet President Tinubu's Ogun West Minister-designate, Dr Salako". 2023-08-05. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  7. ^ a b "Tinubu's Ministerial Nominee: Who's Dr. Kunle Salako?". Razor Times. 2023-08-03. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ Media, Penpushing (2023-08-11). "Dr. Isiaq Adekunle Salako: An Ogun State Export Noted for Excellent Performance". PENPUSHING. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  9. ^ "The Honourable Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziaq Kunle Salako and the Conservator-General of the Service, Dr. Ibrahim Musa Goni at the Mini Park". 2024-02-10. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  10. ^ Reporters, Our (2024-10-23). "Private sector, opposition split as Tinubu reshuffles cabinet". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  11. ^ "Management Team – Department of Climate Change". Retrieved 2024-05-29.