Fatima Waziri-Azi
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Havard Business School, University of Pittsburgh
Fatima Waziri–Azi | |
|---|---|
| Director General, NAPTIP | |
| Assumed office 8 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Senator Basheer Garba Muhammed |
| Former Head of Department of Public Law at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Havard Business School, University of Pittsburgh |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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[citation needed]. 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]
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]
