About
Ajoke Alonge is an accomplished medical social worker, community leader, and advocate for marginalized individuals. With a career spanning over three decades, she has dedicated her life to empowering communities, fostering inclusion, and advancing medical social work practices.
Retired Assistant Director, Medical Social Services.
Ajoke Alonge is a retired Medical Social Worker and community advocate with nearly three decades of professional experience in social welfare, healthcare support services, disability advocacy, and community development. Her career includes service with the Oyo State Ministry of Women Affairs, Community Development and Social Welfare as well as the Department of Medical Social Services at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, one of Nigeria's foremost teaching hospitals.
Throughout her professional journey, she provided psychosocial support to patients and families, supervised social work students and interns, coordinated multidisciplinary interventions, participated in professional training and mentoring programs, and held leadership responsibilities within hospital-based social work services. Her work focused particularly on supporting vulnerable individuals, promoting access to healthcare and education, strengthening family and community support systems, and advancing opportunities for persons with disabilities.
In addition to her institutional responsibilities, she has devoted significant time to public education, mentoring, advocacy, speaking engagements, and community-based initiatives designed to improve the lives of underserved populations. Her commitment to service, inclusion, and human development continues through her writing, public advocacy, leadership activities, and the work of the JokeAlonge Disability Rights & Empowerment Foundation (JADREF).
- Birthday: 21, July 1964
- Website: www.ajokealonge.com
- Age:
- Degree: Masters
- Email: alongeajoke@gmail.com
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Skills
Highlight key skills such as critical thinking, advocacy, effective communication, and interpersonal skills.
Core Values
- Social Justice & Inclusion
- Integrity
- Respect for Human Rights
- Commitment to Diversity
Media Appearances & Public Advocacy
Ajoke Alonge has participated in numerous media engagements aimed at promoting disability inclusion, social welfare awareness, educational access, and community development. She has appeared on television and radio programs, including interviews, panel discussions, public-awareness broadcasts, and advocacy presentations. Through these platforms, she has addressed issues affecting persons with disabilities, women, families, students, and other vulnerable populations while encouraging inclusive policies and positive social change.
Her media engagements have included disability-focused television programs, public affairs discussions, personality interviews, educational broadcasts, and awareness campaigns designed to challenge stereotypes and promote equal opportunities.
Through these appearances, she has used her voice to educate the public, inspire individuals facing challenges, and encourage greater societal participation for persons with disabilities and other marginalized groups.
Notable Appearances:
- BCOS: Personality interview on June 11, 2025 (Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State)
- Diamond FM Radio: Discussing Disability & Employability on April 13, 2026 (University of Ibadan)
- Petals FM: Discussing International Year of Disabled People, December 3, 2018
- NTA Ibadan: Yoruba Live Program -- OYE LA
- NTA Ibadan: Feminine World, May 13, 2026