Amina Ahmed El-Imam

Amina Ahmed El-Imam (born 27 July 1983) is a Nigerian microbiologist, academic and politician who is Commissioner For Health in Kwara State. She is a native of Offa, Kwara State and Senior Lecturer of Microbiology at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria.

Quotes

• I feel blessed to possess knowledge I’m able to apply every day in all that I do. When I see my children washing their hands or hear them talking about healthy eating and the benefits of eating fermented foods, I’m so proud. [1]

• The other thing I really enjoy is being able to contribute solutions to resolve real world problems with visible impact. The eureka moments when things work out in the lab or when a manuscript is published, also bring indescribable joy. [2]

• There’s a direct link of how we spend our time and how successful we are. There’s a direct link between how we manage our time and poverty. Some individuals make a whole country’s budget in a day! That’s the extent of the possibility of how we can apply our time.” [3]

• “We say we are not rich, we are waiting for miracle, but we don’t divide our time into productive activities, instead waste it on unfruitful conversations. For instance, a friend missed out on a N50million national research fund grant when he came one-and- half hour late to the meeting they were supposed to select the team that would benefit the grant. He lives to regret it. [4]

• If you do not use your time productively or to make money, you are in a close relationship with poverty. So, to improve our economic lot as a people, we need to invest our time in productive activities that can yield economic returns. [5]

• Today’s woman is running two full-time jobs in the running of her matrimonial home and her professional jobs within same 24 hours every day. There’s no more normal skills among our women, but super hero skills to run homes. You have to use your mind to maximize every minute of your time. [6]