Adekunle Ajayi

Adekunle Ebenezer Ajayi is a Nigerian professor and consultant physician who served as Chief Medical Director of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti from December 2017 to December 2025.

Early life and education Adekunle Ajayi was born on 2 February 1974 in Igogo-Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area, Ekiti State. He completed his elementary education at Emmanuel Anglican Primary, Igogo-Ekiti in 1985 and his secondary education at Unity Secondary School (now Government College), Usi-Ekiti in 1991. He obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) degree from the University of Ilorin in 1998. He completed his residency program at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife (OAUTHC). He is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians, Fellow of American College of Physicians, Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants, amongst several others.

Career Ajayi began his career in 2008 as a consultant physician and cardiologist at the Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti. He was a consultantsat Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti. He also obtained a master's degree in business administration from Ekiti State University in 2017. He was reappointed for a second four-year term effective 1 January 2022.

The hospital was upgraded to teaching hospital status in 2023, becoming affiliated with the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti. He left office in December 2025 after completing two terms and was succeeded by Professor Kolawole Olubunmi Ogundipe.