President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Fatima Waziri- Azi, Ph.D as Director General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
She replaced Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed who only resumed officially three months ago after his redeployment as Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI).
The new appointment, according to presidential spokesman Garba Shehu, is sequel to a recommendation of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq.
The minister expressed the “urgent need for the Ministry to intensify on the existing capacity in the NAPTIP in order to achieve its Key Result Areas as identified.”
She added that the recommendation of Fatima Waziri-Azi was based on her “pedigree, vast experience and proven track record to drive the agency forward and consolidate on what has been achieved so far.”
A former Head of Department of Public Law at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Waziri-Azi is a Women’s Right advocate, a campaigner against domestic and sexual based violence and an expert in Rule of Law.
