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Nuclear Medicine Department
University College Hospital
Ibadan

The pioneer nuclear medicine center in Nigeria.

Brief History

The Nuclear Medicine Centre, founded in 2006 under the leadership of Professor B.O.A Osifo, was established with the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Nigeria, aimed at using radioactive isotopes for peaceful applications. Being the first in Nigeria, it maintains its reputation as the leading provider of nuclear medicine services and training in Nigeria as it is both a full University of Ibadan and the University College Hospital's Department. It is situated at the Afe Babalola building, adjacent to the radiation oncology department, University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan. The building is named after its foremost benefactor, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN. The department is equipped with a single head gamma camera and a SPECT/CT gamma camera to provide nuclear medicine diagnosis and treatment services. In 2020, the department expanded its radionuclide treatment facilities from two isolation rooms to 10 and by the feat is the foremost centre for radionuclide therapies in Nigeria. It also expanded its radiopharmacy and the new radiopharmacy suite is named after Mr Ademola Eleso in recognition of his tremendous support for early detection of cancer in Nigeria. Over the years, the Centre has experienced remarkable growth, expanding from its 7 founding staff to now having a team of 26 professionals. Medical consultants are available to see the patients who visit the centre from all corners of the country for daily scans and thyroid clinic services.

Benefactors

Are Afe Babalola CON, OFR, SAN

Aare Afe Babalola is a legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola & Co. He has a multidisciplinary professional experience having worked as a teacher, economist, university lecturer, auditor, administrator, farmer, and educationist. After serving as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Lagos from 2001-2007, he established Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, with the aim of being a leading institution that will serve as a benchmark for other universities. He is a distinguished member of the Nigerian Bar and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). He is also a traditional chief, and a recipient of the Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR) and Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) national honours. He is known for his magnanimous philanthropic acts, among which is the Nuclear Medicine building.

Engr. Ademola Elesho Chairman, Contact Solutions

Engr. Ademola Elesho is a versatile telecom technologist with expertise in commercializing startups. He holds a B.Eng. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Liverpool JM University and an M.Sc. in Digital Communications Systems from Loughborough University. From 1988 to 1995, he worked in network design at BT Cellnet (now O2). He served as Director of Technology at Vodafone Spain from 1995 to 2000 and co-founded mCentric Spain, leading its Sales and Marketing division. As CTO of MTN Nigeria from 2001 to 2005, he was instrumental in GSM and fiber network deployments. He was Head of Technology for Vodafone Qatar from 2008 to 2010. From 2011 to 2014, he was CEO of Multi-Links Telecommunications in Nigeria, overseeing its turnaround and facilitating its acquisition by CapCom Telecom. He is currently the Chairman of Contact Solutions (ConSol), a leading call center provider in Nigeria, which he founded in 2004.