[7] Commenting on BusinessDay's Research and Intelligence Unit report published on June 2, 2015, he said “the major problem is that about 40% of doctors we train locally are going abroad because of better remuneration and better working environment.
He was inducted into the academy, alongside Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan and Professor Akinyinka Omigbodun, the President of the West African College of Surgeons and former Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan.
He completed the service in 1980, the same year he became a Senior House Officer at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital.
In July 2006, as a result of his immense contributions to the field of medicine and public health, he was appointed to serve as Honorary Adviser to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President of Nigeria.
He also initiated the deployments of midwives to rural communities across the six geopolitical zones during their compulsory one year National Youth Service in Nigeria.
In 2014, he was appointed as the Team Leader of the University of Benin chapter of the West African Regional Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Research and Innovation (CERHI).
[18] In 1999, he established the Owan Women Empowerment Project, a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Afuze, Edo State.
[20] “Reproductive Health Challenges in Africa: Textbook for Students and Development Practitioners” Ed: Friday Okonofua, Publishers: Adonis and Abbey, UK forthcoming April 2014.