The Provost of the College of Medicine of the University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun on Monday, December 12, 2022, revealed that her salary is $600, reiterating, “My salary is $600.”
Omigbodun, a professor of Psychiatry revealed this while addressing the newly produced doctors by the institution, stressing that $600 as a salary for a professor of her status is quite lean considering what her contemporary in other countries earn.
According to her, it was high time the Federal Government reviewed the salaries of doctors upward in line with the realities in the country, reiterating that doctors would continue to migrate to other countries after being trained with the country’s hard-earned resources if their welfare is not urgently looked into.
Omigbodun, a professor of 14 years joined the faculty of the University of Ibadan in 1997 and was promoted to the grade of professor on October 1, 2008, becoming the first female Professor of Psychiatry in Nigeria.
She assumed office as the first female Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (CoMUI) on 1 August 2020 for a four-year term.
