Public Service & Experience

Three Decades of Service

A career spanning international healthcare leadership, local governance in Lagos State, and national programme management at the federal level.

International Honour · 2026

Ambassador for Peace HonorsAWHPI Global Foundation

Dr. Princess Aderemi Folashade Adebowale has been selected to receive the AWHPI Global Foundation Ambassadors for Peace Honors, in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. The honour will be conferred during high-level programming in New York City as a side-event of UNGA 81, 21–23 September 2026.

The distinction recognises leaders whose work reflects peace, humanitarian service, leadership, inclusion, sustainable development, and global cooperation. She is honoured as National Director of the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme / Renewed Hope, Nigeria.

“Nourishing Today. Empowering Tomorrow. Healthy Children. Stronger Communities. A Brighter Africa.”
SDG 2 Zero HungerSDG 3 Good HealthSDG 4 Quality EducationSDG 10 Reduced InequalitiesSDG 17 Partnerships
AWHPI Global Foundation Ambassador for Peace Honors announcement featuring Dr. Princess Aderemi Folashade Adebowale
Present

National Programme Manager

Renewed Hope — National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme

Appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Leads strategic reform of school feeding, child nutrition systems, programme accountability, M&E, digital governance architecture, and geospatial targeting — driving the federal target to feed 50 million pupils by 2026 and positioning school feeding as a National Human Capital Stabilization System.

2021 — 2023

Special Adviser on Civic Engagement

Office of the Governor of Lagos State

Sworn in by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in August 2022 among a new cohort of special advisers, having already championed the State's social intervention programmes. Coordinated civic participation initiatives and strengthened relationships between governance structures and grassroots communities.

2023

Convener — TINUBU IS KEY 2023 Movement

National Grassroots Mobilisation

Founded and led a nationwide grassroots movement in support of Bola Ahmed Tinubu's presidential campaign, mobilising community structures around the Renewed Hope message.

2016 — 2017

Sole Administrator

Iru–Victoria Island LCDA, Lagos State

Appointed under Governor Akinwunmi Ambode among 57 sole administrators for Lagos councils. Led public administration, drainage and flood-prevention enforcement, community engagement, and developmental coordination.

Three Decades

Owner & Executive — Serenity Health Care

United States

Owned and managed nursing home operations, nursing agency systems, healthcare administration, and patient-centered care services. International healthcare experience that informs her integrated understanding of population vulnerability and developmental policy.

Flagship Initiative

Snacks for Thought

A breakfast initiative launched in Kano under RH–NHGSFP, designed to close the morning-nutrition gap for primary school pupils and improve learning outcomes. Phased rollout to additional states is underway.

2026 National Target

50 Million Pupils

Coordinating the scale-up of the Renewed Hope school feeding architecture to reach fifty million pupils by 2026 — embedded within a broader Alternate Education framework targeting twenty million out-of-school children.

In the News

Recent Milestones

Documented reports of her national programme leadership, each linked to its published source.

June 2026 · Lagos

PBAT Feeds Reaches 30,000 Lagos Pupils Daily

"Snacks for Thought" extended to Lagos State in partnership with the Lagos State Government and Conference 57, launched in Oto-Awori LCDA, alongside a new digital dashboard for programme transparency.

The Punch →
May 2026 · Ikeja

Governor Sanwo-Olu Hosts Dr. Adebowale

Received at Lagos House, Ikeja, where the State reaffirmed its commitment to the national school feeding programme.

Eko Hot News →
March 2026 · Abuja

Federal Government Launches "Snacks for Thought"

A breakfast initiative under RH-NHGSFP, branded PBAT FEEDS, designed to improve learning outcomes and child nutrition — first flagged off in Kano State schools.

The Guardian Nigeria →
March 2026 · Abuja

TechnoServe Partnership on Meal Quality

A memorandum of understanding signed with the school feeding programme to raise the nutritional quality of meals served to primary school pupils.

The Guardian Nigeria →
November 2025

"Children at the Centre of National Transformation"

Positioned the Renewed Hope Agenda's nutrition and education investments as the core of Nigeria's human capital strategy.

Blueprint Newspaper →
September 2025 · Abuja

Expanded Feeding Programme Targets Out-of-School Children

Announced the federal plan to scale the programme to 50 million pupils by 2026, widening coverage beyond enrolled pupils to out-of-school children.

The Guardian Nigeria →
July 2026

50 Million Pupils Target Reaffirmed

Reconfirmed the national commitment to feed fifty million pupils within 2026 under the Renewed Hope school feeding architecture.

Premium Times →
August 2024

Appointed National Programme Manager

Appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme under the National Social Investment Programme Agency.

Eko Hot Blog →