After eight years in office as Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Prof. Babatunde Lawal Salako will be bowing out of office next Tuesday 23 July, 2024 with a remarkable chain of glittering achievements. When he was appointed in 2016, little did the pundits know that his appointment was for a mission: a mission of destiny reconstruction, infrastructural development, reformation, and global visibility of the Institute. Today, the imposing modern administrative edifice, with the state-of-the-art facilities situated within the serene environment of NIMR is to say the least, a visible testimony to the sagaciousness of Prof. Salako’s leadership qualities. The building which had been abandoned for many years before Prof. Salako’s appointment, attracted the attention of the DG who mobilized men and materials towards the completion of the edifice. Prof. Salako, like present-day mythical king Midas soon turned around waste to wealth and transformed rubbles to b