Oyebanji Filani
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Oyebanji Filani | |
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| Commissioner of Health and Human Services | |
| Appointed by | Biodun Oyebanji |
| Governor | Biodun Oyebanji |
| Governor | Kayode Fayemi |
Oyebanji Filani is a Nigerian physician and health economist with years of experience in health financing, policy and reform for the state government and internationally recognized non-governmental organizations in public health sector. The Ekiti born health practitioner is currently Ekiti State commissioner of Health and Human Services appointed by governor Biodun Oyebanji in 2022. He is also the chairperson of Nigeria health commissioners forum comprising of the commissioners of health from some states in the country including Yobe, Niger, Ekiti, Kaduna, Sokoto and Nasarawa.[1][2][3][4] [5][6]
Education
Oyebanji after graduating from high school gained admission into the College of Medicine, University of Lagos in 1999 where he obtained a MBBS: Medicine and Surgery in 2006. He also has a degree in Health Economics and Health Policy from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.[1]
Early Career
Between 2009 and 2010, he worked as a medical service and quality assurance officer at Expatcare Health International, a Health Maintenance Organization. In this role, he led the coordination, implementation, and monitoring of managed care operations, medical services delivery, and quality assurance mechanisms for the organization. Later in 2010 and 2013, he worked with the Health Economics Consulting Norwich UK, where he applied the principles of economic analysis in shaping policy and programming. Whilst in the UK, he also led the analysis of knock-on costs for non-cancer screening programs initiated by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), with a view to strengthening health service delivery. In 2013, working with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) UK and Results for Development (R4D), he co-led the fiscal space analysis on total government health expenditure for the Saving One Million Lives (SOML) interventions, appraised the country’s health strategic plan and co-developed an advocacy report to support the drive for increased domestic resource spending for health. Working with other stakeholders, he was involved in the development of the Nigerian Strategic Action Plan for Nutrition. In 2014, he co-designed a Federal level Flagship Social Protection Program and co-developed the concept document and cost model for the program, working with a multi-sectoral team with representations from 11 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Dr. Oyebanji Filani: Ekiti State Health Commissioner". nggovernorsforum.org. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ "Oyebanji recalls Health commissioner, Filani". Punch Newspapers. 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ Bankole, Idowu (2020-10-29). "800,000 babies die of poor breastfeeding globally each year, says Health Commissioner". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ tvcnewsng (2022-10-17). "Ekiti gov recalls ex-health commissioner, Oyebanji Filani -". TVC News. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ "Gov Oyebanji Recalls Fayemi's Health Commissioner". 2022-10-18. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ "Health Sector can Boost Nigeria's GDP". 2023-11-25. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Dr Oyebanji Filani Ekiti State Health Commissioner".
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