Olaokun is the first child of
Nigerian Nobel Laureate
Wole Soyinka and his first wife,
British multicultural educationist, Barbara Dixon. He has nine siblings. He attended
Government College, Ibadan, before pursuing a career in Medicine. Since his return to Nigeria, he has pursued a career in Public Health. After a period of consultancy for the
UN and
CIDA, he spent three years at the
WHO country office as the Health Promotion Officer. He was subsequently appointed as Commissioner for Health,
Ogun State. While serving as Commissioner, he spearheaded the implementation of the Ogun State Community-based Health Insurance Scheme called Araya. ==References==