Olikoye Ransome-Kuti

Olikoye Ransome-Kuti (30 December 1927 – 1 June 2003) was a paediatrician, activist and health minister of Nigeria.[1] Olikoye Ransome-Kuti was born in Ijebu Ode on 30 December 1927, in present-day Ogun State, Nigeria.His mother, Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, was a prominent political campaigner and women's rights activist, and his father, Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, a Protestant minister and school principal, was the first president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers.Ransome-Kuti attended Abeokuta Grammar School, University of Ibadan and Trinity College Dublin (1948–54).He was minister until 1992, when he joined the World Health Organization as its Deputy Director-General[7] He held various teaching positions, including a visiting professorship at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University's school of hygiene and public health.
Reverend Israel and Chief Funmilayo beside him; Dolu is behind and Fela in foreground; baby in arms is Beko; Olikoye is to the right.
Abeokuta Grammar SchoolUniversity of IbadanTrinity College Dublinpaediatricianactivisthealth ministerNigeriaLeon Bernard Foundation Prizehealth minister of NigeriaReverend IsraelChief FunmilayoIjebu OdeOgun StateFunmilayo Ransome-Kutiwomen's rightsIsrael Oludotun Ransome-KutiNigeria Union of TeachersAfrobeatGeneral Hospital, LagosUniversity of LagosPaediatricsCollege of Medicine, University of LagosGreat Ormond Street HospitalHammersmith HospitalIbrahim BabangidaSociety for Family Health NigeriaWorld Health OrganizationJohns Hopkins UniversityMaurice PateThe GuardianUnited Kingdom