The Albino Foundation Public Notice
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has appointed DR. Fatima Waziri- Azi, as the new Director General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
In a statement signed by the the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu he noted that appointment was sequel to a recommendation made by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq.
It further said that 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 was further quoted to have said 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.”
Waziri-Azi, who was a former Head of Department of Public Law at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, she is a Women’s Right advocate, a campaigner against domestic and sexual based violence and an expert in Rule of Law.
