Management

Oladapo Sunday Shittu is a highly decorated, renowned Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Ahmadu Bello Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Visiting Professor at Bingham University and Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State. He is also the Provost of the College of Medicine, Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo in Benue State, Nigeria. Professor Shittu graduated from the University of Ibadan and became a Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons and the International College of Surgeons, specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. With more than 40 years of experience in clinical practice, academia, research and development projects under his belt, he has served in several capacities including as a lecturer, postgraduate supervisor, technical advisor and consultant on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) to public and private organizations within and outside Nigeria. He has written 9 books / monographs, published 67 academic papers in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to 14 manuals, guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). He provides editorial guidance and consultancy to prestigious local and international academic journals such as the Tropical Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, the West African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the African Journal of Laboratory Medicine. He is a Member of several committees, working groups and task teams including the National Reproductive Health Technical Working Group and the National Task Team on the Prevention of Mother-to-child transmission of HIV (NTT-PMTCT), of which he is the Chairman. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Marie Stopes of Nigeria (MISON).