Olubukola Mary Akinpelu

Olubukola pioneered nurse care education and a system for providing care in rural communities. She played a crucial role in reducing the prevalence of diseases and improving overall healthcare in the country and contributed to the development of education programs in Nigeria for people and impoverished communities by educating them on sanitation practices.^[9][10]

She also championed increased access to nursing education and fought against discrimination in the profession. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she created healthcare content focused on nursing and also played a key role in Nigeria's healthcare by training nurses for free during the lockdown to support the government in reducing the spread of the virus.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Through the application of her Need Theory and also advanced nursing education and research by leading the nursing literature indexing project she helped shape nursing in Nigeria.^[2][15][16]

She is recognized among the top three practicing Nigeria nurses and the first nurse educator in her local community and in 2023, she was listed by Yessiey Magazine among the 100 most influential people in Africa.^{[3][1][15][9]}

In 2021, the Nigerian Books of Record recognised her in honor of her achievements, In 2022 and 2023 she was awarded the JOM Charity Award and Yessiey Awards respectively.^[5][6][17]

She was listed among the top 100 most influential personalities in Africa and recognized among the top 3 Nigerian nurse educators.^[15][9]