Samuel Layinka Ayodeji Manuwa (1903-1976)
Medical Doctor
He was the first Nigerian to obtain the Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS).
Medical Doctor
He was the first Nigerian to obtain the Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS).
Source: Wikipedia
He was born to the family of the Reverend Benjamin Manuwa, a Christian minister who was himself the son of Oba Kuheyin, the king of Itebu - Manuwa. His mother was Mrs. Matilda Aderinsola Manuwa, a member of the Thomas family of Ondo town.
He attended the Church Missionary School, Lagos, and King's College, Lagos, for secondary education, completing his studies in 1921. He then proceeded to study at the University of Edinburgh, where he received a bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Medicine in 1926.
He graduated with several awards, winning every prize available in the medical school, including the Robert Wilson Memorial Prize in Chemistry and the Welcome Prize in Medicine.
He later went to study in Liverpool, and completed a course on Tropical Medicine. He became a medical doctor in 1926.
He returned to Nigeria in 1927 after finishing his studies on tropical medicine and joined the colonial medical services as a medical officer. He subsequently became a surgeon specialist and senior specialist in the service, where he gained acclaim as a skilled surgeon.
Though he received various offers for administrative positions early on, he continued his surgical work for more than 18 years. While practising as a surgeon, he invented an excision knife to treat tropical ulcers.
In 1951, he was made the first Nigerian director of medical services and subsequently the Inspector General of medical services.
In 1954, he became fully involved with the Nigerian public service when he was appointed the Chief Medical Adviser to the federal government of Nigeria.
He later went on to become a member of the Privy Council of the Federation of Nigeria, President of the Association of Surgeons and Physicians in West Africa and the first Nigerian Commissioner of the Federal Public Service Commission.
As Inspector General of Medical Services, he worked assiduously for the establishment of a University Teaching Hospital in the country. The result was the creation of UCH, Ibadan.
Manuwa (L) being admitted as an Honorary Associate of the University College, Ibadan by the Principal, Dr. Kenneth Mellanby.
Dr. Mellanby was the first Principal of the University College of Ibadan from 1947-1953.
Source: The Birth of Nigeria's University by Kenneth Mellanby.
Dr. Mellanby was the first Principal of the University College of Ibadan from 1947-1953.
Source: The Birth of Nigeria's University by Kenneth Mellanby.
Manuwa on why the Quota system cannot work.
Extract from a speech given by Sir Samuel Manuwa at the Kings College prize giving day, March 23rd 1973
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Daily Times March 24th 1973.
Extract from a speech given by Sir Samuel Manuwa at the Kings College prize giving day, March 23rd 1973
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Daily Times March 24th 1973.
Presentation of insignia of orders of chivalry and medals at Government House; ceremony held in the drawing room.
Manuwa hears the Governor General read order naming him commander in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (1959).
Manuwa hears the Governor General read order naming him commander in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (1959).
