Monday-1st Nov.2021: The immediate past National Chairman of Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria Pharm.(Dr) Samuel O.Adekola MAW. DSA.IION has been awarded as an Integrity Icon of Nigeria (IION), with issuance of ethical leadership/conduct compliance award certificate.

The award was given by the Board of Trustees and management of the Center for Ethics and Self-Value Orientation in recognition of his commitment to community service, labour unionism, integrity, national interest, innovativeness and emotional intelligence, quality assurance in policy implementation and commitment to the profession in Nigeria.

In a statement signed by the Executive Director of Centre for Ethics and self-value Orientation, Ethicist (Prince) Salih Musa Yakubu, it read, “Pharm. Samuel Adekola Ethical leadership role in labour sector earn him the most cherish honorific award tittle reserved for the incorruptible global citizen that he is”.

He enjoined the Pharmacist to always make integrity his watchword and implored him to join hands with the Ethic in the quest to get rid of corruption and mis-governance in Nigeria at all levels.

The award comes following the enlistment of Pharm. Adekola as the 2nd overall of all the enlisted top ten highly rated and most ethical responsible Chairmen of National Bodies in Nigeria 2021.

The immediate past chairman of ACPN was honored to be celebrated and described his effort towards the fight against corruption, commitment to global hunger/poverty reduction, commitment to members welfare, innovation, corporate policy/project performance, professional ethics compliance and ethical uprightness as one that is born out of the urge to seeing Nigeria become a better place for all and sundry.

He has been described by many as an astute Leader among men, an Achiever, People-focused, one who exhibit great intelligence with an honest personality coupled with the virtues of hard-work.

Dr. Samuel Adekola was last year honored during the 39th National Conference of the Association of Community Pharmacist in Nigeria for his contribution towards peace in Nigeria has not just made himself a man of value and substance, an assert to the organization but also to others in the society as he is one of the few progressive minded individuals who are committed to the attainment and actualization of the Nigerian Dream.

Apart from becoming a Community Pharmacist of international repute, as a student of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife where he obtained his degree, he won the Campus Cardiovascular Academic Student’s Award by Neimeth international Pharmaceuticals on the year 1998 and 1999 respectively, he was also awarded the most prominent student’s Award in the Faculty of Pharmacy, OAU, Ife also in the year 1999.

He holds a master’s in business administration (MBA) in 2009 from the Federal University of Technology, Akure.

As a Community Pharmacist, he is the founder and owner of His Grace KSP Pharma Group, a reputable community pharmacy which currently has (5) branches.

Also as a graduate Pharmacist in Community Practice in Nigeria, Dr. Samuel Adekola has started and profitably managed three state of the art community Pharmacies in the last 16 years.

After the establishment of the Sunshine Co-opharm Ltd, he successfully managed the company, declaring an average of 100% ROO annually since 2008, also he brought 5 new Pharmaceutical products (tablets and injectable, antimalarial and anti hypertensive and an antidiabetic) into the firm’s portfolio.

In the year 2012, he received an award as one of the top 100 Community Pharmacist/Pharmacies of Excellence in Pharmaceutical Care showcased in Video at the FIP centennial conference in Amsterdam. Also he received an Award of Excellence by PANS, in Uniben in the year 2013.

To improve his delivery of Pharmaceutical care to patients, he has harnessed personal skill development in the area of immunization, emergency management and Opioid Overdosage, Response and Naloxone training. He has always taken advantage of conferences to keep himself abreast of advances in Pharmacy practice both locally and internationally. He has never missed a PSN or ACPN conference since graduation and has consistently a regular attendee of FIP conference from 2009 till date. He has also assumed membership of some foreign professional pharmaceutical bodies such as the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association CPA, Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists in Americas NAPPSA, Alliance for Prudent Use of Antibiotics APUA.

In terms of training or Practice skills acquisition, he has, certificate training in Emergency Management by the Red Cross International 2011, Certificate in Immunization Provision by American Pharmaceutical Association 2011.

He belongs to the following Professional bodies, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Netherlands, Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association (CPA), African Pharmaceutical From (APC), Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) where he was the vice Chairman for four years, he also belong to the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) and Association of Community Pharmacist of Nigeria (ACPN).

He has written two professional articles, Black hypertensive Story: Rational Drug design and Therapy,1998 National Hypertension Essay Competition and Pharmaco-economics and Management of Hypertension: Implication for black hypertensives.1999 NatMonday-1st Nov.2021: The immediate past National Chairman of Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria Pharm.(Dr) Samuel O.Adekola MAW. DSA.IION has been awarded as an Integrity Icon of Nigeria(IION), with issuance of ethical leadership/conduct compliance award certificate.

The award was given by the Board of Trustees and management of the Center for Ethics and Self-Value Orientation in recognition of his commitment to community service, labour unionism, integrity, national interest, innovativeness and emotional intelligence, quality assurance in policy implementation and commitment to the profession in Nigeria.

In a statement signed by the Executive Director of Centre for Ethics and self-value Orientation, Ethicist (Prince) Salih Musa Yakubu, it read, “Pharm. Samuel Adekola Ethical leadership role in labour sector earn him the most cherish honorific award tittle reserved for the incorruptible global citizen that he is”.

He enjoined the Pharmacist to always make integrity his watchword and implored him to join hands with the Ethic in the quest to get rid of corruption and mis-governance in Nigeria at all levels.

The award comes following the enlistment of Pharm. Adekola as the 2nd overall of all the enlisted top ten highly rated and most ethical responsible Chairmen of National Bodies in Nigeria 2021.

The immediate past chairman of ACPN was honored to be celebrated and described his effort towards the fight against corruption, commitment to global hunger/poverty reduction, commitment to members welfare, innovation, corporate policy/project performance, professional ethics compliance and ethical uprightness as one that is born out of the urge to seeing Nigeria become a better place for all and sundry.

He has been described by many as an astute Leader among men, an Achiever, People-focused, one who exhibit great intelligence with an honest personality coupled with the virtues of hard-work.

Dr. Samuel Adekola was last year honored during the 39th National Conference of the Association of Community Pharmacist in Nigeria for his contribution towards peace in Nigeria has not just made himself a man of value and substance, an assert to the organization but also to others in the society as he is one of the few progressive minded individuals who are committed to the attainment and actualization of the Nigerian Dream.

Apart from becoming a Community Pharmacist of international repute, as a student of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife where he obtained his degree, he won the Campus Cardiovascular Academic Student’s Award by Neimeth international Pharmaceuticals on the year 1998 and 1999 respectively, he was also awarded the most prominent student’s Award in the Faculty of Pharmacy, OAU, Ife also in the year 1999.

He holds a master’s in business administration (MBA) in 2009 from the Federal University of Technology, Akure.

As a Community Pharmacist, he is the founder and owner of His Grace KSP Pharma Group, a reputable community pharmacy which currently has (5) branches.

Also as a graduate Pharmacist in Community Practice in Nigeria, Dr. Samuel Adekola has started and profitably managed three state of the art community Pharmacies in the last 16 years.

After the establishment of the Sunshine Co-opharm Ltd, he successfully managed the company, declaring an average of 100% ROO annually since 2008, also he brought 5 new Pharmaceutical products (tablets and injectable, antimalarial and anti hypertensive and an antidiabetic) into the firm’s portfolio.

In the year 2012, he received an award as one of the top 100 Community Pharmacist/Pharmacies of Excellence in Pharmaceutical Care showcased in Video at the FIP centennial conference in Amsterdam. Also he received an Award of Excellence by PANS, in Uniben in the year 2013.

To improve his delivery of Pharmaceutical care to patients, he has harnessed personal skill development in the area of immunization, emergency management and Opioid Overdosage, Response and Naloxone training. He has always taken advantage of conferences to keep himself abreast of advances in Pharmacy practice both locally and internationally. He has never missed a PSN or ACPN conference since graduation and has consistently a regular attendee of FIP conference from 2009 till date. He has also assumed membership of some foreign professional pharmaceutical bodies such as the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association CPA, Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists in Americas NAPPSA, Alliance for Prudent Use of Antibiotics APUA.

In terms of training or Practice skills acquisition, he has, certificate training in Emergency Management by the Red Cross International 2011, Certificate in Immunization Provision by American Pharmaceutical Association 2011.

He belongs to the following Professional bodies, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Netherlands, Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association (CPA), African Pharmaceutical From (APC), Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) where he was the vice Chairman for four years, he also belong to the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) and Association of Community Pharmacist of Nigeria (ACPN).

He has written two professional articles, Black hypertensive Story: Rational Drug design and Therapy,1998 National Hypertension Essay Competition and Pharmaco-economics and Management of Hypertension: Implication for black hypertensives.1999 National Hypertension Essay Competition.ional Hypertension Essay Competition.