adesina.williams@nnmda.gov.ng

A research officer in Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency, South West Zonal Office, located at First Floor Federal Secretariat Igbatoro Road, Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. The agency is under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

According to the mandate of the agency, my focus is to ensure the integration of Nigerian Traditional Medicine and complement alternative medicine into our national healthcare delivery system through identification and preservation, research and development of our indigenous medicinal plants. This is being achieved through personal research and interaction with traditional medicine practitioners on hidden traditional medicine knowledge formularies, for the purpose of identifying medicinal plants with bioactive ingredients for the management of curable and non-curable diseases plaguing our society.

I am currently a student of the Post Graduate School of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Ondo State for the award of Master of Technology in the Department of Microbiology (Medical Microbiology option). I hold a first degree, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Microbiology from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State Nigeria.

Hobbies at leisure are Reading, Surfing the internet and Sports.