The closing banquet of the 97th Annual National Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) was a shining moment for Air Commodore David Olumuyiwa Babalola as he bagged three awards/honours.
Babalola, a consultant clinical pharmacist in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) won the Biogenerics Integrity Award for pharmacists in public hospital, the Pfizer Excellence Award, as well as the Fellowship of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (FPSN).
The Air Commodore was announced the winner of the awards at the closing banquet of the 97th Annual National Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), held from 4-9 November, 2024, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
The Biogenerics Integrity Award for pharmacists in public hospitals celebrates excellence in patient care, career achievements, innovations, professional service and leadership among others in public hospitals. The award currently has N1 million cash value.
According to the chairman of the award committee, 15 nominees were received for the award. All the nominees were screened after which Air commodore Babalola beat others to emerge winner of the award.
Babalola was also one of four winners of the Pfizer Excellence Award, which recognises outstanding contributions in hospital and community pharmacy. The award has a ₦250,000 cash value, a plaque, and a certificate.
He was also announced to have been conferred with the Fellowship of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (FPSN), the highest honour awarded to pharmacists in Nigeria, in which its investiture ceremony is expected to come up early 2025.
Reacting to the honours, Babalola expressed gratitude to Biogenerics Nigeria Ltd and Pfizer Nigeria, sponsors of the awards. While thanking the PSN leadership for their efforts towards lifting the Pharmacy profession, Babalola expressed profound gratitude to the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, for creating the enabling environment for pharmacists in the NAF.
He also commended the Chief of Air Staff for approving the implementation of the Pharmacists Consultant Cadre in the air force.
Babalola is the first pharmacist in the Nigerian Air Force to attain the rank of air commodore. He’s also the first pharmacist in the Nigerian Armed Forces to have won the Biogenerics Integrity Award as well as the Pfizer award since inception till date.
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