President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi as Director-General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
The appointment came barely six months after Senator Basheer Mohammed was appointed the head of the agency.
Mohammed had replaced Mrs Imaan Sulaiman–Ibrahim who also occupied the office for only a few months before being named as a Federal Commissioner for the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons.
A statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) Wednesday explained that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of Waziri-Azi following the recommendation of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, who 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.”
According to the statement, 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.”
The statement informed that 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.
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