ELIZABETH ABIMBOLA AWOLIYI


Born on November 10, 1910, she graduated from university of Dublin, Cafrey s college former college of surgeon with first class honors and a medal in medicine
Dr Abimbola was the first west Africa woman medical doctor with licentiate of the royal surgeon, Dublin and a diploma in gynecology and obstetric she became specialist in gynecology and obstetrics she bagged diploma in child health .A member of the united kingdom royal college of physician ,she was president of child care voluntary association .the director of commercial medical store owned a 27 acre poultry and citrus farm in Lagos the federal ministry of health appointed Awoliyi as a senior specialist gynecologist and obstetrician in 1962 she died on September 14 1971.