Ipalibo Gogo Banigo (née Harry; born 20 December 1952) in Obuama, Degema, Rivers State.
[8] Banigo started her career at the Rivers State Port Health Service, where she served as Registrar of Births and Senior Medical Officer-in-charge.
She was an honorary consultant dermatologist at the University of Port Harcourt, after which she became principal of Rivers State School of Health Technology in 1985.
[8] While retired, Banigo continued to provide professional services and was later made Public Health Adviser of the Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria.
Additionally, she held the offices of both executive director and Secretary at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency.