Akin Abayomi

Emmanuel Akinola Abayomi

Emmanuel Akinola Abayomi, commonly known as Professor Akin Abayomi, is a Nigerian physician and medical academic identified by Lagos State institutional sources as the state's Commissioner for Health. His career spans haematology, pathology, environmental health, biosecurity, biomedical research and public-sector health administration.

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About Akin Abayomi

Profile information current to 2026-08-22.

Nigeria · Physician, Consultant haematologist, Medical academic

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Also known as: Professor Akin Abayomi, Abayomi Emmanuel Akinola
Known for: Lagos State health administration; Haematology and pathology; COVID-19 response and clinical research in Lagos State; Biosecurity, antimicrobial resistance and One Health collaboration
Country: Nigeria

Physician
Consultant haematologist
Medical academic
Public health administrator

At a glance

Lagos State institutional pages identified Abayomi as Commissioner for Health as of August 2026.
He is a physician and medical academic with documented expertise in haematology, pathology, internal medicine, environmental health and biosecurity.
His academic and clinical career included appointments in Zimbabwe, Barbados and South Africa before his Lagos State government role.
He signed Lagos State's confirmation of its first COVID-19 case in February 2020 and was later listed as an author of a study covering 2,184 patients in the state.
His documented areas of work include biosecurity, antimicrobial resistance and One Health collaboration.

Lagos State health leadership

Abayomi was listed as Commissioner for Health when Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu inaugurated the Lagos State cabinet on August 20, 2019. Lagos State institutional pages continued to identify him in that role as of August 2026. The evidence also records his part in the state's COVID-19 response: he signed the February 2020 statement confirming Lagos's first case and was listed as an author of a subsequent peer-reviewed study of 2,184 patients.

Medical training and fields of work

Abayomi obtained an MBBS from the University of London in 1983 and an MPhil in Ecology and Environmental Health Management from the University of Pretoria in 2006. His documented professional background encompasses haematology, pathology, internal medicine, ecology and environmental health, biosecurity and biomedical research. The available evidence supports describing his public-sector health work broadly, but does not establish a formal public-health specialty credential.

Clinical and academic career

From 1994 to 1998, Abayomi served as a consultant haematologist and lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe Medical School and Harare Group of Teaching Hospitals. He then worked as a consultant haematologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of the West Indies, in Barbados from 1998 to 2006. From 2009 to 2017, he headed a division in Stellenbosch University's Department of Pathology. Lagos State biographical material also describes him as having been a Professor of Medicine at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research before becoming commissioner, although available sources do not resolve whether that appointment remains active.

Research and health-security interests

Abayomi's documented work connects clinical medicine with environmental health, biosecurity and public-sector health administration. His research record includes listed authorship of a study on COVID-19 presentation and poor-outcome predictors in Lagos, while institutional material associates his wider professional background with biomedical research, antimicrobial resistance and One Health collaboration.

Timeline

1983 Obtained an MBBS degree from the University of London.
1994 Began serving as a consultant haematologist and lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe Medical School and Harare Group of Teaching Hospitals.
2006 Obtained an MPhil in Ecology and Environmental Health Management from the University of Pretoria.
2009 Began a tenure as head of a division in Stellenbosch University's Department of Pathology, a role recorded through 2017.
2019-08-20 Was listed as Commissioner for Health when Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu inaugurated the Lagos State cabinet.
2020-02-27 Signed Lagos State's statement confirming the state's first COVID-19 case.
2021-01 Was listed as an author of a study of clinical presentation and predictors of poor outcomes among 2,184 COVID-19 patients in Lagos State.

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Current context

Lagos State institutional pages identified Professor Akin Abayomi as Commissioner for Health. This observed status does not establish the duration or end date of a cabinet term.

Biographical facts

He obtained an MBBS from the University of London in 1983 and an MPhil in Ecology and Environmental Health Management from the University of Pretoria in 2006.
His documented professional background includes haematology, pathology, internal medicine, ecology and environmental health, biosecurity and related biomedical research.
His clinical and academic appointments included roles at teaching and research institutions in Zimbabwe, Barbados and South Africa.
Lagos State biographical material describes him as having been a Professor of Medicine at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research before becoming Commissioner for Health.
He was a listed author of a peer-reviewed study of 2,184 COVID-19 patients in Lagos State, with the PubMed record associating his authorship with the Lagos State Ministry of Health.

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Affiliations

Affiliations associated with Akin Abayomi.

Lagos State Ministry of Health Commissioner for Health present
University of Zimbabwe Medical School and Harare Group of Teaching Hospitals Consultant haematologist and lecturer 1994–1998
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of the West Indies Consultant haematologist in the Faculty of Medicine and Research 1998–2006
Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Head of division in the Department of Pathology 2009–2017