Tobi Adebayo
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).
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday.
The statement disclosed that Fatima Waziri-Azi was recommended by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq.
According to the statement, Farouq expressed the “urgent need for the Ministry to intensify on the existing capacity in NAPTIP in order to achieve its Key Result Areas as identified.”
It added that the Humanitarian Affairs Minister said Waziri-Azi’s recommendation 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.”
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The new NAPTIP boss is a former Head of the Department of Public Law at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
Waziri-Azi is also a Women’s Rights advocate, a campaigner against domestic and sexual-based violence and an expert in the Rule of Law.
