Mbang Nyong Femi-Oyewo, MFR

Mbang Nyong Femi-Oyewo, MRF, the Former Deputy Vice–Chancellor, Olabisi Onabanjo University. was born as Mbang Nyong Ekefre some decades ago in the ancient city of Benin City, Edo State to the family of late Elder (Chief) Nyong Udo Ekefre and Elder (Mrs.) Mary Mbuk Ekefre of Henshaw Town, Calabar.

Mbang Nyong Femi-Oyewo, MRF is a Professor of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Technology and a Consultant Pharmacist. An astute scholar, a distinguished academic, M. N. Femi-Oyewo, an alumnus of University of Ife and The Victoria University of Manchester, UK has worked in the University system, within and outside the country. Former member, OOU Governing Council. Member, Management Board of OOUTH. Director of Academic Planning (OOU) and Acting Provost, Post-Graduate School, OOU.

She started her academic career in the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1978 and appointed a Professor of Pharmacy in Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University) in 1996, had worked in University of Lagos and Delta State University and currently in Olabisi Onabanjo University. She has contributed immensely to knowledge, research and development.

In Professional and Regulatory Bodies, she has served as Council Member, Chairperson, National Association of Academic Pharmacists, and Treasurer/Secretary Board of Fellows of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN); In Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), as Council Member, Chairperson - Deans Committee, Accreditation Exercises, and also in National Universities Commission Accreditation exercises and the Institutional Accreditation. She is currently a member of both Councils of PCN and PSN and the Assistant Secretary of Nigerian Academy of Pharmacy.

For International Professional Bodies, M. N. Femi-Oyewo served as Secretary-General, West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists (2003 to 2007) and currently the Chairperson Joint Faculty Board (JFB) of the College.

• FELLOW, WEST AFRICAN POSTGRADUATE COLLEGE OF PHARMACISTS (WAPCP)- 2002
• FELLOW, PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA - 2003
• INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL FEDERATION, FIP 2004
• COMMONWEALTH PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION (CPA)
• BOARD OF FELLOWS OF PSN - 2003
• FELLOW, NIGERIA ACADEMY OF PHARMACY - 2015

• Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship for Ph.D. in Manchester, UK.
• Rotary Foundation Award for Outstanding Professional and Business Women – Ohio State, USA (1987)
• International Atomic Energy Agency Fellowship, Sydney and Perth, Australia (1988).
• Association of Commonwealth Universities Fellowship Award to UK (Manchester) (1992)
• International Network on Rational Use of Drugs (INRUD) and MHS Award for course on Promoting Rational Drug Use, Kampala, Uganda (1996)
• Fellowship PSN (FPSN, 2003) and WAPCP – FPCPharm. (2002)
• Outstanding Woman Intellectual of the year 2005 - Great Galaxy Associates of Nigeria.
• The Woman of Merit Gold Award (WMGA) – for accomplishment in Higher Education (Pharmacy) 2006
• National Award – Member of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (MFR) 2008
• May & Baker Award of Excellence 2013
• National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) Hall of Fame (2015)
• Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Leadership Award of most valuable personality of the year 2015
• Fellow, Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy, (FNAPharm.), 2015

M.N Femi-Oyewo is also

• The first female Nigerian trained Pharmacist to ‘bag’ her Ph.D. In fact the Ph.D. was accomplished within 18th months.
• The first female - Pioneer Dean in a Nigerian University,
• The first female Director of Academic Planning (DAP) in Olabisi Onabanjo University and Ag. Provost, PG School,
• OOU first female Pharmacist Professor to give an inaugural Lecture (13th) in OOU and Pharmacy Profession (1999),
• First female Deputy Vice Chancellor in OOU and Pharmacy Profession.

Incidentally, M. N. Femi-Oyewo, MFR has been named amongst the 10 most influential Pharmacists in Nigeria.

M. N. Femi-Oyewo, MRF is a A Philanthropist, mother of Four children and five grandchildren (all boys including twins).