Not all heroes wear capes; some are in face masks, hazmat suits, and stethoscopes.

 

Since it’s outbreak in November, the world has been grappling with curbing the spread of Coronavirus.

Right in the eye of this fight is health workers and media Hub is shining spotlight on some them with its new publication.

 

The issue features five vibrant young front-liners, Dr. Adefunke Ayeni, Dr. Akin Faminu, Dr. Etiobhio Samuel Ose, Dr. Bukola Ogunyemi and Dr. Gbadamosi Adefemi (Foladavid).

 

The young health workers spoke about the COVID-19, the risk of being at the front line, their dreams, and Nigeria’s crumbling health sector.

 

Meet your young front-liners below

Adéfunké Ayeni nee Arowolo is a practicing medical doctor and fashion enthusiast based in Muscat, Oman. Her unquenchable passion for fashion led her to start an Instagram page, by adefunke where she shares fashion tips and tricks as well as fun styling videos which is responsible for the exponential growth of the page.

 

Ayeni is also the CEO of FKY by Adéfunké which is a Nigerian based fashion brand relaunching October 2020. This focuses on unique ready to wear pieces which are guaranteed to make the wearer stand out. This more than just a fashion brand as 10% of the profit from every purchase would be going towards the awareness and reduction of women dying during childbirth in Nigeria, known as Maternal Mortality, my NGO Style A Life Foundation.

The beautiful mother of two is happily married.

Dr Gbadamosi Adefemi popularly known as Foladavid is a Medical Doctor, Prolific Visual Artist, Nigeria’s Foremost Speedpainter. He is also a Managing Director of International Art company, Royal African Arts (RAA), which is a company he jointly owns with the Royal African Corporation of His Imperial Majesty (H.I.M) Oba (Dr) Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, OJAJA II, Ọọ̀ni of Ifẹ̀

Ogunyemi Rebecca Oluwabukola Studied at Ternopil State Medical University, Ukraine. She’s a Medical Doctor by profession who turned her passion for fashion into a side hustle. She’s also a fashion, beauty and lifestyle blogger, brand influencer, and model.

Dr Etiobhio Samuel Ose

Dr Etiobhio Samuel Ose (MBBS, Benin) is a Medical Officer at The Comforters place. He’s in the In-vitro Fertilization, Obstetrics and Gynaecology field, and a General practitioner. Samuel is also a Gender-Based Violence prevention advocate and CEO, Gynaefy Inc.

As an Infectious disease prevention enthusiast, he has a World Health Organization certification on “Infection Prevention and Control of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as part of the Biodata. To mention but a few.

Akin Faminu is a graduate of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. He was a student at the University of the first choice and the nation’s pride from 2011 to 2018, where he finished with the best final year result in 2018 after bagging a BDS degree.

 

He has since been practicing in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (Luth), Idi Araba, Lagos.
Faminu is also a household name in the Nigerian Fashion Industry. He also has over the years been able to grow a brand that is a major force in the Nigerian Fashion Space in the niches of Content Creation and Digital Influencing among others.