Fatima Waziri-Azi Explained

Occupation:Lawyer
Alma Mater:Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Havard Business School, University of Pittsburgh
Nationality:Nigerian
Fatima Waziri–Azi
Office2:Former Head of Department of Public Law at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Predecessor1:Senator Basheer Garba Muhammed
Term Start1:8 September 2021
Office1:Director General, NAPTIP

Fatima Waziri-Azi is a Nigerian lawyer and the Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) of Nigeria. Before her appointment at NAPTIP she was an advisor on the rule of law to the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari. She is a former Head of Department of Public Law at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies[1] [2] and she is a woman rights advocate and a campaigner against domestic and sexual based violence.[3] [4]

Education

Fatima Waziri-Azi attended the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, obtaining a bachelor's degree in Law in 2001.[5] She is an Associate Member of the UK Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; and is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, the Association of Women in Development and of Women in International Security.[6]

Career

From January 2005 to August 2006, Fatima Waziri-Azi worked as an attorney/senior program officer at the Women's Rights, Electoral Issues, and Justice Sector Reform Desk.[7] From February 2016 to November 2018, she worked as a research and program officer at the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC). From November 2018, she worked as the Rule of Law Advisor to the President in the Office of the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In September 2021, Fatima Waziri-Azi was appointed Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).[8]

Awards

References

  1. Web site: 2021-09-10 . Meet Fatima Waziri-Azi: New Director General Of NAPTIP The Abusites . 2022-03-29 . en-US.
  2. Web site: Admin . 8 September 2021 . Buhari appoints Fatima Waziri-Azi as DG NAPTIP .
  3. News: Meet Fatima Waziri di new oga in-charge of NAPTIP . BBC News Pidgin . 2022-03-29.
  4. Web site: 2021-12-24 . NAPTIP begins prosecution of Spain-based human trafficker, Mama Bobby . 2022-03-29 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
  5. Web site: Admin . Meet Fatima Waziri-Azi: New Director General of NAPTIP | the Abusites. 10 September 2021.
  6. News: Meet Fatima Waziri di new oga in-charge of NAPTIP . BBC News Pidgin . 2022-03-29.
  7. Web site: Ambali . Fehintola . 2021-09-13 . Amazing CV Of NAPTIP DG Waziri-Azi . 2022-03-30 . en-US.
  8. Web site: 9 September 2021 . Fatima Waziri-Azi: NAPTIP new Director General wey President Buhari appoint - Profile . 30 March 2022 . BBC News Pidgin.