Dr Olaokun Soyinka is a Public Health Consultant currently working on primary health care in low-income communities. He recently worked as Independent Verification Agent for the Federal Government’s Saving One Million Lives Programme.
He was the Commissioner for Health, Ogun State, from 2011-2015, when he initiated the Araya Health Insurance Programme, putting Ogun State in the forefront of health financing initiatives in the country at the time. Before coming to Ogun State, Dr Soyinka worked with WHO in Abuja from 2008-2011.
An old boy of Government College Ibadan, his Medical Training was at St Thomas Hospital Medical School, University of London. Although he is the son of a well known writer, and has also married one, his literary credentials remain hidden.
He religiously attends Ake every year in the hope of awakening his creative spirit.