Our Advisory Board
The role of the Advisory Committee is to initiate and provide recommendations, advice and information to the Network through the Committees
Members of the Advisory Council of the
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OLA KASSIM MD
Dr. Ola Kassim is the Chief Pathologist & Director of
Laboratory Services, West Parry Sound Health Centre. As CEO of Parry Sound-Muskoka Diagnostics Inc. and the Ola
Kassim Medical Professional Corporation, he facilitates the provision of specialized medical laboratory and imaging diagnostic services. He also serves as Senior Medical Consultant at the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences and Biopharma Services.
Dr. Kassim was the Founding Chairman of Nigerians in the Diaspora Organization (NIDO Americas).
DAVID KILGOUR
David Kilgour is currently a Fellow of the Queen’s University Centre for the Study of Democracy and a director of the Council for a Community of Democracies (CCD). He was one of the two longest-serving MPs in the House of Commons for the 38th Parliament. First elected in 1979 in the riding of Edmonton Strathcona, he has been re-elected seven times, most recently in 2004 to represent the constituents of Edmonton – Mill Woods – Beaumont. Since Confederation, only two Alberta MPs have served longer terms.
ALEX MACGREGOR
Dr Alexander MacGregor is the President, Professor of biopharmaceutics and pharmaceutical technology and current Dean of Faculty at the Toronto Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology (TIPT ®) – North America’s premier post-graduate institute of pharmaceutical sciences, technology and research.
Percy-AbolsPERCY ABOLS
Percy Abols is the President of A.G.R.I. Inc and a former Deputy Director of the School of Learning for International Affairs and Management, Canadian Foreign Service Institute at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada(DFAIT). He retired after 39 years at DFAIT.
Tari Aganaba
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OLUSEGUN AGBOOLA
Dr Agboola is a retired Associate Professor at University of Ottawa and Staff Radiation Oncologist at the General Hospital Cancer Centre. Previously served as the Head of Dept. of Radiation, Oncology and Director of Residents Training.
Dr. Tari AGANABA is a retired Lead Physician Sitgical patient optimization Program at Dawson Creek Hospital BC Canada. A Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh UK
Orthopaedic Surgeon UK from 1986 to 2000 and Orthopaedic Surgeon BC Canada from 2000 to date
He was also a Clinical Instructor at the University of British Columbia
A Past President of the Canadian Association of Nigerian Physicians and Dentists who Co-founded the Iroko Maple Orthopaedic Foundation providing outreach orthopaedic service to Nigeria particularly Abuja National Hospital.
He was also President Medical Staff Association at Dawson Creek Hospital BC Canada
Tari graduated from the University of Ibadan medical school. Attended Secondary schools at Baptist Academy and Igbobi College
he was a Weymouth Dorset Squash Racquet Champion England and Dawson Creek Golf Champion
Love traveling and Biblical Scholarship founder and chairman of Mapke Education Canada
Sola enikanolaiye
Top Diplomat, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye is the
Immediate past Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Enikanolaiye is among top leaders in government, diplomacy, public service and politics.
In his diplomatic career, Enikanolaiye served in various capacities at home and abroad including the Policy Planning Division, International Organizations, African Affairs, and as the Special Assistant to the Special Adviser on International Relations to the President at the State House.
While at Headquarters, he served as an active member of various top management and policy-making committees and bodies especially in his capacity as Director, Office of the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Abroad, Enikanolaiye also served in many of Nigeria’s diplomatic missions notably Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Belgrade (Serbia), Ottawa (Canada), London ((UK) and New Delhi (India).
He has contributed significantly to the development and articulation of Nigeria’s foreign policy and diplomatic practice with an emphasis on institutional development, security, and peacekeeping matters including the transformation of the Organization of African Unity to the African Union, the evolution of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) as well as Regional Integration among others.
Until his appointment as the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2016 from where he retired in 2017 after 35 years of active meritorious and unblemished service; he was Nigeria’s Acting High Commissioner to India from May, 2015.
