MEET IMOIBOHO EKWERE WILLIAMS
Imoiboho Ekwere Williams is a young Nigerian trained Pharmacist with passion for good and qualitative leadership, improved standard of healthcare delivery in Africa and strategic development. He is presently a Program Officer with the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, an NGO dedicated to improving lives of people living with HIV/AIDS, TB and other diseases of public health concern.
He served as the Chair of Young Pharmacists Group – Nigeria (YPGNG) Steering Committee (2015-2016) and together with other members of his team created a strong sense of belonging for young pharmacists across the country, engaged and participated in development of policies affecting pharmacy practice in the country and drafted the working document now used by the group. As a student, He served as the Secretary of Students Union Government, University of Uyo (2012) amongst other responsibilities. He believes like Mcgregor Burns that the most lasting tangible act of leadership is a creation of institutions and systems that would continue to exert moral leadership and foster social change long after the creative leaders would have gone. He is the founder of Corper’s Mentorship Platform (www.nyscmentorships.com.ng); an online platform dedicated to engaging, exposing and improving the entrepreneurship and employability skills of Nigerian Youth Corps Members while at the same time pairing them to mentors in their respective field of Endeavour.
He also founded Nationbuildershub Consults (www.nationbuildershub.com) registered as a Human Resource, Career, Recruitment, Mentoring, Business Consultancy and Training / Skills firm dedicated to providing practical, challenging and affordable skills, information and training to meet the current, emerging and future needs of the sector.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
Imoiboho is a Fellow of President Barack Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative Program, a signature effort of the United States government to develop young African potentials. He benefitted from a travel grant to participate at the International Federation of Pharmacists (FIP) Conference, Dusseldorf 2015. He was a Recipient of a grant to represent Nigeria at the International Students Week Ilmenau, Germany (2013) where he presented on Africa going beyond the basics.
He is a member of the African Union Youth Working Group, United Nations Major Group on Children and Youth and has attended several conferences within and outside the country. As a student, he led a team that represented the University at a national debate organized by the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA) on Stigmatization to mark the World Aids Day, 2013.
INSPIRATION AND ADVICE TO PHARMACISTS
Matt 5:16 says, ‘Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven.’
“I am very aware of the fact that I am a representative of Christ on earth and as such I have to contribute my quota to make the world a better place. Just as Abraham Lincoln said, ‘Man Owes humanity without question to leave his environment better than he met it.’ I am dedicated to being a solution to some of the world’s problem no matter how little that contribution is. Pharmacy is really very vast therefore I advice Young Pharmacists to take advantage of emerging trends in ICT, Health infrastructure (HMIS), to think disruptively and create functional systems that would distinguish them in whatever area they choose to pursue. There is a lot that can be done and really it’s incredible what can be achieved if we only keep trying.” – Imoiboho Ekwere Williams
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