Dr. Oyebanji Filani
Honourable Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Dr Oyebanji Filani is a Global Health Leader and MD with over 17 years of experience in health systems reforms. He currently serves as the Honourable Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Ekiti State, Nigeria, and the Chairperson of the Nigeria Health Commissioners Forum, guiding his colleagues on critical health systems reform issues at the sub-national level.
He has built a proven track record of leadership and a deep understanding of the complex challenges facing global health today. As the Commissioner for Health and Human Services in Ekiti State, Nigeria, he successfully increased development partner investments in the state’s health sector by over 300% and established Nigeria’s first Governance Innovation Accelerator Challenge in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Governance Lab and Co-Creation Hub. Between 2019 and 2020, he served as the Technical Director of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF). In this role, he provided thought leadership on the program, drove its implementation, and ensured performance indicators were met in the 36 states of Nigeria.
He has served on several committees, including the Technical Committee of the World Bank/USAID-led Annual Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Forum, the Advisory Committee for the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC), and the Advisory Board to develop a global Health Equity Program of Action.
