death_date religion birth_place ethnicity name work_institutions birth_date known_for prizes article_title citizenship alma_mater
1976 i ondo state yoruba samuel ayodeji manuwa colonial medical service , lagos , 1903 tropical medicine robert in medicine wilson memorial prize in chemistry , welcome prize samuel manuwa
 nigeria university of edinburgh
samuel manuwa

sir samuel layinka ayodeji manuwa , cmg , obe -lrb- 1903 -- 1976 -rrb- was a pioneering nigerian surgeon , inspector general of medical services and former chief medical adviser to the federal government of nigeria .
he was the first nigerian to pass the frcs and he graduated from the university of edinburgh in 1934 .
in 1966 , he was elected president of the world federation for mental health .
during his lifetime he served as a nigerian aristocrat , holding the chieftaincy titles of the obadugba of the ondo clan , the olowa luwagboye of the ijebu clan and the iyasere of the iteba lineage , all of the south-western region of the country .
as inspector general of medical services , he contributed immensely to the establishment of the university college hospital , ibadan , the first medical school in nigeria , he later became a pro-chancellor and chairman of the governing council at the university of ibadan .
throughout his career , he sought and worked for the improvement of basic health services in the rural areas of nigeria .
