Demilade Oseteku
Associate Principal
Demilade is an apt communicator and policy professional with excellent problem-solving skills and an inspiration to his colleagues. He has proven skills in structured problem solving, project management, policy development, strategy development, performance management, and advanced data analysis in public policy, public health, energy, and the media.

SCIDaR is not just about the work, it is about shaping the person for the greater good of society

About Demilade

Demilade is an apt communicator and policy professional with excellent problem-solving skills and an inspiration to his colleagues. He has proven skills in structured problem solving, project management, policy development, strategy development, performance management, and advanced data analysis in public policy, public health, energy, and the media.

Working at SCIDaR

He joined SCIDaR as an analyst and has quickly grown up the ranks amassing experience in different areas of public health in both the public, private, and development sectors. SCIDaR is not just about the work, it is about shaping the person for the greater good of society.  What Demilade loves the most about his job is the people around. It feels so great to be surrounded by such a huge mass of really intelligent people who are so passionate about their personal development and the development of the human race. Demilade manages a portfolio of projects across Central and West Africa with a focus on routine immunization, primary healthcare development, system strengthening, healthcare technical advisory, and Human Nutrition.  Across Niger and Chad, he leads the support to strengthen the routine immunization system. Demilade led the mass roll out of mass digital payment systems for routine immunization across three (3) regions in Chad. The effort has now been expanded to over 60% of regions in the country with Harvard University currently documenting the progress for scale-up in other countries. In Nigeria, Demilade leads the implementation of the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria, a World-Bank funded project that seeks to tackle malnutrition across six (6) states through the delivery of a basic package of nutrition services. He works with a team of thirty (30) professionals and over five hundred (500) community volunteers to do the difficult job of fighting malnutrition in all its forms. Alongside this, Demilade also leads the delivery of monitoring and evaluation support to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office’s Lafiya Program, the UK Government’s flagship health program in Nigeria across five (5) Northern Nigeria States. On this assignment, he leads the development of baseline assessments, process, and output monitoring, overall project and performance management.

Education

University College London
MSc. Public Policy
University of Benin
B.Eng Petroleum Engineering

Volunteer

SCIDaR offers dynamic and rewarding opportunities to individuals who desire to gain experience and develop key professional skills while also working to contribute to SCIDaR’s organizational goals within six (6) months.

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Mission

Our vision is to become a leading organization working to accelerate social, health, and economic development of under- served populations