Profiling A Community Developer & Emerging Star in Health Informatics, Miss Adebukola Adegoke
By Alaba Aliu
In his words, one of the famous writers, Suzy Kassem: “Nothing exists without a purpose. Every experience a man has in this lifetime was written for him to grow into the light of what he meant to become”.
On this premise, the Democrat News Magazine, a leading media organization in Nigeria is taking a cursory look at the numerous and phenomenal impacts of Miss Adebukola Adejumoke Adegoke, a rising star in Sustainability development practices in the Nigeria and a community leader of sterling distinctions who through the instrumentality of her profession and God given talents and resources advancing the course of humanity a great deal.
She is a goal getter, unassuming leader and a woman of impeccable character who has been an inspiration to youths of her generation for her purpose driven life and records of achievements from childhood.
Miss. Adebukola Adegoke has been recognized at different times and at different fora by different leading professional organizations for her exemplary life and contributions to the downtrodden in the society.
Like they say uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, her journey, marked by academic rigor and professional excellence; Adebukola showcases a deep commitment to leveraging data analysis to revolutionize Food security in Ogun state and Nigeria as whole.
Ade as she is fondly called by friends and admirers educated with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from a prestigious Afe Babalola University, Nigeria, and she bagged master’s Degree — in Sustainable Development Practice from the Premier University, the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and is proposing to complete a graduate degree in Health Informatics from Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.
Adebukola’s qualitative academic background forms the foundation of her interdisciplinary approach to healthcare challenges which actually calve niche for her in her chosen career and her community leadership which brought about avalanche of achievements recorded in her honor since year 2020.
Adebukola’s dedication to Recognition of her expertise is reflected in the awards and grants she has received, including a notable $5000 International fund for Agriculture grant. Through this grant she contributed a research submission on the IFAD Assisted Value Chain Development Program (VCDP) in Ogun state. The research focused on evaluating the impact of the program on income, productivity, and food security of smallholder farmers, with the broader objective of enhancing rural incomes and food security. The study, which emerged from the IFAD Country Strategic Opportunities programmed (COSOP) covering the 2010-2015 period, utilized a holistic and demand-driven approach to address constraints along the cassava and rice value chains. The specific objectives included assessing the project’s intervention in terms of benefits to farmers’ productivity and security, investigating the standard of living in terms of assets acquisition, determining incremental net benefits for smallholder farmers, and identifying constraints encountered by participants in IFAD VCDP for the crop enterprise.
This research project Unmeasurable infrastructural development in the aspect of food security and mechanized farming in those Target areas in Ogun state, which demonstrates her potential to make a lasting impact on the Agricultural Sector of the Nigerian GDP.
Adebukola Adejumoke Adegoke’s career is a beacon of inspiration, her educational background, professional experience, and unwavering dedication to public service makes her valuable member of the society that should be emulated by up-and-coming professionals.
No doubt, informer discipline acquired from her noble family right from childhood has contributed in no small measure towards her attainment in life.