THE CV OF A MAN WHO WANTS TO BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF DELTA STATE

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CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)

Otive Igbuzor, PhD

Principal Consultant, Emerald International Development Services Ltd,

No. 1, Ambassador Ralph Uwechie Way, Off Okpanam road, Opposite Legislative Quarters, Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria.
Abuja office: Suite 26, Second Floor, Tolse Plaza, 4 Franca Afegbua Crescent, Off J. S. Mariere road, Near Apo Legislative Quarters, Apo, Abuja, Nigeria.
Tel: +234 8033099797
E-mail: otiveigbuzor@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.otiveigbuzor.com

1.  Position	Principal Consultant/ Executive Director
2.  Name of Organization:	Emerald International Development Services Ltd &African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD)
3.  Name of Staff:	Otive Igbuzor
4.   Technical Specialization	Strategy, Programme Design, Workshop facilitation, Monitoring and Evaluation
5.  Nationality:	Nigerian
6.  Education:	PhD Public Administration,  University of Maiduguri, 2004 MSc International Relations, University of Maiduguri, 1997 MPA Public Administration, University of Maiduguri, 1992 B. Pharm (Hons), University of Benin, 1986
7.  Membership of Professional Associations:	Nigerian Political Science Association African Association of Political Science Social Science Academy of Nigeria Third World Academy of Sciences Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (Fellow) Institute of Strategic Management (Fellow) Nigerian Institute of Management
8.  Other Training	Train the Trainers Workshop for Election Observers for the 1998/99 Nigerian Election organised by the National Democratic Institute, United States and Transition Monitoring Group in Maiduguri in December, 1998 African Human Rights Camp held at Arusha, Tanzania from 24th October, 1999-14th November, 1999 organised by the Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA). Training on Conflict Management, Negotiation Skills and Constitutional Reform Organised by Citizens Forum for Constitutional Reform and Umnotho Development, South Africa held at Abuja from 12th –18th March, 2000. Training on Democratic Control of Military and Security Establishments in Nigeria and South Africa held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 20th 23rd September, 2000 organised by Centre for Defence and Security Management, Johannesburg, Centre for Democracy & Development, Lagos and Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. 631st Wilton Park Conference on Human Rights and the Alleviation of Poverty held at Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, United Kingdom.(5th –9th March, 2001) Training on Constitutionalism in Transition: Central & Eastern Europe and Africa held in Entebbe, Uganda from 14th- 18th January, 2002. Training on Science and Citizenship in a Global Context at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK from 12-13 December, 2002. National Retreat on Poverty Reduction Strategy Process (PRSP) in Nigeria organized by Economic Policy Coordinating Committee (EPCC) in Kaduna from 6-9th August, 2003. Expert Training the Operationalisation of the Observation and Monitoring System of the ECOWAS Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peace Keeping & Security at Cotonou, Republic of Benin from 21-25 June, 2004.
9.  Countries of Professional Experience:	Nigeria, United Kingdom, Sweden, Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, Italy  and Denmark
10.      Languages(5 = very good, 1 = poor)	Speaking	Reading	Writing
English	5	5	5
Urhobo	5	4	4
Hausa	2	2	2
Ibo	3	3	3

11. Key Qualifications

Dr. Otive Igbuzor is the Executive Director of the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) (See www.centrelsd.org). He is the immediate past International Head of campaigns of ActionAid International and Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria. ActionAid International is an international organization working with people, communities, associates and partners in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe to eradicate poverty and injustice.(See www.actionaid.org). He is also an honourable Commissioner in the Police Service Commission (PSC) (See www.psc.gov.ng). Prior to joining ActionAid, he was a Programme Co-ordinator of Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), an independent research, information and training institution dedicated to policy oriented scholarship on questions of democratic development and peace building in the West African sub-region. He also served as the Secretary of Citizens’ Forum for Constitutional Reform (CFCR), a coalition of over one hundred civil society organizations committed to a process led and participatory approach to constitutional reform in Nigeria (See www.cddwestafrica.org). Previously, he was a lecturer at the Delta State University, Lagos Centre and has published many scholarly articles on democracy, gender, politics and development. He is the author of Perspectives on Democracy and Development andChallenges of Development in Nigeria. He is the co-editor of two authoritative books on Constitution making and Constitutionalism in Nigeria: Contentious Issues in the Review of the 1999 Constitution and A Citizens’ Approach to Making a People’s Constitution in Nigeria, and  two others, one on Poverty Eradication titled Poverty Eradication in Nigeria: Perspectives on a Participatory and Pro-Poor Approach and the other on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) titled Can Nigeria achieve the MDGs in 2015? He holds a bachelors degree in Pharmacy, masters’ degrees in Public Administration and International Relations and a doctorate degree in Public Administration specializing in Policy Analysis. He was a founding and leading member of many human rights and mass democratic organizations in Nigeria in the 1980s and ’90s. He is a member of many professional associations including Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) and Nigerian Institute of Management. He is a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Strategic Management. He is also President of Institute of Strategic Management, Nigeria (ISMN) (www.ismn.com)  and President of The Ejiro & Otive Igbuzor Foundation (www.igbuzorfoundation.org).

12.      Employment Record/Selected Tasks completed

Dates	January,  2010 till date
Employer:	African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD)
Positions held:	Executive Director
Dates	June-December, 2009
Employer:	ActionAid International
Positions held:	International Head of Campaigns
Dates	Jan, 2004- May, 2009
Employer:	ActionAid International Nigeria
Positions held:	Country Director
Dates	March, 2000-December, 2003
Employer:	Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD)
Positions held:	Programme Co-ordinator
Dates	1999 – 2001
Employer:	Delta State University, Lagos Centre
Positions held:	Lecturer
Dates	1991-1999
Employer:	Francotive Pharmacy Ltd
Positions held:	Managing Director/CEO)
Dates	1999 – 2000
Employer:	Health Rights Initiative (HRI)
Positions held:	President

13. Detailed Tasks Assigned/Work Undertaken that Best Illustrates Capability to Handle the Tasks Assigned

Add Manually
	Name of assignment or project:	Leadership Capacity Building for Youth in the Niger Delta
	Year:	2013-2014
	Location:	Niger Delta States of Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, Edo, Delta, Imo, Abia and Ondo
	Client:	Foundation for Partnership in the Niger Delta (PIND)
	Main project features:	To equip young persons with leadership skills to become change agents with capacity to generate socio-economic development in the Niger Delta
	Positions held:	Project Director
	Activities Performed	Training on Leadership, Entrepreneurship, ICT, Project Management and Conflict management and mentoring
	Name of assignment or project:	Voice to the People (V2P): Making Governance Work for Poor and Marginalised People
	Year:	2013-2014
	Location:	Anambra State
	Client:	Christian Aid/DfID
	Main project features:	To enable communities to hold duty bearers to account leading to improved responsiveness and service delivery, supported by evidence based learning and advocacy.
	Positions held:	Project Director
	Activities Performed	Capacity building workshops, policy research and advocacy
	Name of assignment or project:	Transparency and Accountability in the Oil and Gas Sector in Nigeria
	Year:	2013
	Location:	Abuja and Niger Delta
	Client:	Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
	Main project features:	Strengthen citizens’ voice for accountability and reforms on Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Sector
	Positions held:	Project Director
	Activities Performed	Roundtables, Research into Pricing of Petroleum Products, Workshops, Legislative advocacy and Rallies
	Name of assignment or project:	Preparation of Ken Nnamani Centre for Leadership and Development (KNCLD) Strategic Plan (2013-2017)
	Year:	2013
	Location:	Abuja
	Client:	Ken Nnamani Centre for Leadership and Development
	Main project features:	Drafting of Strategy and facilitation of retreat, stakeholders workshop and validation meeting.
	Positions held:	Lead Consultant
	Activities Performed	Preparation of strategy, facilitation of retreat, consultation and validation process
	Name of assignment or project	Development of Tearfund Nigeria Six Year Strategy (2013-2018)
	Year	2013
	Location	Jos
	Client	Tearfund Nigeria
	Main project features	Preparation of programme, facilitation of strategy workshop and preparation of report
	Position held	Lead Consultant/Facilitator
	Activities Performed	Preparation of programme, facilitation of retreat workshop from 18th-22nd March, 2013.
	Name of assignment or project:	Preparation of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) Strategic Plan (2012-2015)
	Year:	2012
	Location:	Abuja
	Client:	Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
	Main project features:	Drafting of Strategy and facilitation of retreat, stakeholders workshop and validation meeting.
	Positions held:	Lead Consultant
	Activities Performed	Preparation of strategy, facilitation of retreat, consultation and validation process
	Name of assignment or project:	Technical Committee on Development of Borno State (2011-2015)
	Year:	2012
	Location:	Borno State
	Client:	Borno State Government
	Main project features:	Technical advice on strategic directions, programmes and projects, institutionalization of structures, systems and mechanisms that will deliver development and peace in Borno state.
	Positions held:	Chair, Strategy Committee
	Activities Performed	Ongoing
	Name of assignment or project:	Monitoring and Evaluation of MDG Projects in Delta State
	Year:	March-December, 2012
	Location:	Delta State
	Client:	Office of the Special Assistant to the President on MDGs
	Main project features:	Monitoring and Evaluation
	Positions held:	Lead Consultant
	Activities performed:	Tracking and monitoring of MDG projects Evaluation of impact of projects on benefitting communities
	Name of assignment or project:	State Programme Consultant (SPC), Osun State
	Year:	July-December, 2012
	Location:	Osun State
	Client:	Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs
	Main project features:	Supervision and Monitoring of Projects
	Positions held:	Lead Consultant
	Activities performed:	Supervision and Monitoring of Projects. Concluded.
	Name of assignment or project:	Enhancing Citizens’ Participation in the Budgetary Process in Bayelsa State
	Year:	2011-2012
	Location:	Bayelsa State
	Client:	Pact Nigeria/USAID
	Main project features:	Building capacity of CSOs for effective engagement with the Bayelsa State Government through budget advocacy for participatory and rights based budgeting
	Positions held:	Project Director
	Activities Performed	Workshop, Radio programme, budget analysis and advocacy
	Name of assignment or project:	Annual Leadership Institute and Executive Leadership Course
	Year:	2010, 2011 and 2012
	Location:	Abuja
	Client:	African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development
	Main project features:	Training
	Positions held:	Lead Trainer
	Activities performed:	Preparation of  training materials and facilitation What is Leadership? Who is a Leader? Gender Perspectives to Leadership Developing Leaders Leadership and Management Leadership and Strategy Leadership and Organisation Leadership and Execution What it takes to be a CEO
	Name of assignment or project:	WERHC Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Institute
	Year:	2009, 2010 and 2011
	Location:	Abuja
	Client:	Women Empowerment and Reproductive Health Centre (WERHC)
	Main project features:	Training
	Positions held:	Trainer
	Activities performed:	Preparation of training materials and facilitation
	Name of assignment or project:	Evaluation of Presidential Amnesty Programme in the Niger Delta
	Year:	28th June, 2010- 25th September, 2012
	Location:	Obubra, Cross River State
	Client:	Federal Government of Nigeria/ Office of Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta
	Main project features:	Monitoring and Evaluation
	Positions held:	Lead Consultant
	Activities performed:	Monitoring and evaluation of services at service points Efficiency and Effectiveness of Camp activities Collection of baseline date about camp participants Evaluation of services and implementing partners
	Name of assignment or project:	Partnership Against Poverty (PAP) Strategy for Delta and AkwaIbom States(2010-2015)
	Year:	June, 2010
	Location:	AkwaIbom and Delta States
	Client:	Action Aid International Nigeria
	Main project features:	Drafting of Strategy and facilitation of retreat, stakeholders workshop and validation meeting.
	Positions held:	Lead Consultant
	Activities performed:	Preparation of Strategy and facilitation of workshop
	Name of assignment or project:	Preparation of Water Aid Nigeria Strategy (2010-2015)
	Year:	May-July, 2010
	Location:	Abuja
	Client:	Water Aid Nigeria
	Main project features:	Drafting of Strategy and facilitation of retreat, stakeholders workshop and validation meeting.
	Positions held:	Lead Consultant
	Activities performed:	Preparation of Strategy and facilitation of workshop
	Name of assignment or project:	Establishment of Economic Intelligence Unit by Lagos State Government
	Year:	Feb-April, 2010
	Location:	Lagos
	Client:	DfID/SPARC and Lagos State Government
	Main project features:	Capacity building for establishment of Economic Intelligence Unit
	Positions held:	Lead Consultant
	Activities performed:	Interview, Focus Group Discussion and preparation of papers
	Name of assignment or project:	Constitution Reform Dialogue Mechanism (CRDM)
	Year:	2008-2009 (Two Years)
	Location:	Abuja
	Client:	DfID/Coalitions for Change
	Main project features:	Preparation of Strategy papers and position papers and facilitation of workshops.
	Positions held:	Lead  Consultant
	Activities performed:	Preparation of Strategy papers and facilitation of workshop
	Name of assignment or project:	Preparation of Nigeria National Strategy- National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS 2)
	Year:	March-April, 2007
	Location:	Abuja and Ibadan
	Client:	Federal Government of Nigeria
	Main project features:	Drafting of Education component of Strategy and presentation at workshop
	Positions held:	Consultant
	Activities performed:	Preparation of education component of Strategy and facilitation of workshop
	Name of assignment or project:	Preparation of Strategy for Civil Society Education Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) (2003)
	Year:	2003
	Location:	Abuja
	Client:	CSACEFA
	Main project features:	Facilitation of retreat on preparation of strategy.
	Positions held:	Lead Consultant
	Activities performed:	Preparation of Strategy and facilitation of workshop
	Name of assignment or project:	Gender Assessment of Society for Family Health (SFH)
	Year:	May, 2003
	Location:	Abuja
	Client:	Society for Family Health (SFH)
	Main project features:	Assessment of gender sensitivity of SFH and its products.
	Positions held:	Consultant
	Activities performed:	Gender review of organisation, documents and publications
	Name of assignment or project:	Constitution Review as Driver of Pro-Poor Change in Nigeria
	Year:	2003
	Location:	Abuja
	Client:	DfID
	Main project features:	Preparation of background paper
	Positions held:	Consultant
	Activities performed:	Preparation of background paper on Constitution as a Driver of Pro-Poor Change in Nigeria
	Name of assignment or project:	Cost of Education Research
	Year:	May-July, 2003
	Location:	Abuja
	Client:	ActionAid International Nigeria
	Main project features:	Survey research
	Positions held:	Lead Consultant
	Activities performed:	Training of research assistants, Administration of Questionnaire, analysis and report writing
	Name of assignment or project:	Science and Citizenship in a Global Context
	Year:	12th -13th December, 2002
	Location:	United Kingdom
	Client:	Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK
	Main project features:	Preparation and presentation of paper
	Positions held:	Resource Person
	Activities performed:	Preparation and presentation of paper
	Name of assignment or project:	ActionAid Nigeria Country Strategy Paper (2003-2007)
	Year:	2003
	Location:	Abuja
	Client:	ActionAid International Aid Nigeria
	Main project features:	Preparation of Contextual and Poverty Analysis
	Positions held:	Consultant
	Activities performed:	Preparation of Contextual Analysis and facilitation of workshop
	Name of assignment or project:	Constitutional Development of Rwanda
	Year:	2001
	Location:	Kibuye, Rwanda
	Client:	USAID/Government of Rwanda
	Main project features:	Preparation of background paper and facilitation of workshop
	Positions held:	Consultant
	Activities performed:	Preparation of background paper and facilitation of workshop

Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(a)  JOURNALS

1.  ‘Reflections on Allison Ayida’s proposal on the Reform of theNigerian Civil Service’ in The Nigerian Social Scientist Vol. 1. No. 1, September, 1998.
2. ‘Drug Abuse in the Family’ in Hudraw Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 1, April, 1999.
3. ‘Implementation of Refugee Policy in Nigeria(1989-1994) in TheValiant Vol. 28  September, 1999
4. ‘Methodological Issues in Gender Studies in Nigeria’ in The NigerianSocial Scientist Vol. 13 No. 1 March, 2000.
5. ‘Perestroika and Its Impact on Africa’ in  TheValiant Vol. 30, No. 2 July- December, 2001
6. ‘Constitutional reform in Nigeria: Perspectives from Civil Society’ in The Valiant Vol. 30, No. 2 July-December, 2001.
7. ‘The State of Education in Nigeria’ in The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) Economic Indicators, Vol. 12, No. 3, July-September, 2006.
8.  ‘A Review of Niger Delta Human Development Report’  in The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) Economic Indicators, Vol. 12, No. 4, October-December, 2006
9. Community Pharmacists Participation in Health Related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in The Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2009. Pages 22-26.
10. MDG, Food and Agriculture in MDG Review http:/www.mdg-review.org
11. Peace and Security Education: A Critical Factor for Sustainable Peace and National Development in International Journal of Peace and Development Studies (IJPDS), Vol. 2 (1), pp 32-34, January, 2011.
12. Access to Safe Medicines as a Human Right in  Nigeria in The Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy. Vol. 46, No. 2, 2012. Pp 27-31
13. Achieving Health Related Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria through Effective Pharmaceutical Services in The Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy. Vol 46, No. 2, 2012 Pp 73-78.

(b) CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

14. With Kole Ahmed Shettima “ Women and Cost of Health Services” in The Book of Abstracts of the 63^rd Annual Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Lagos.
15. ‘Constitution Making in Nigeria: Lessons for Making a People’s Constitution’ in Proceedings of the Conference on Constitutional Development held in Kibuye, Rwanda from 19-24 August, 2001.

© EDITED BOOKS

16. With OloladeBamideleContentious Issues in the Review of the 1999 Constitution. Lagos, Citizens’ Forum for Constitutional Reform.
17. With Jibrin Ibrahim (2005) A Citizens Approach to Making a Peoples’ Constitution in Nigeria. Lagos, Citizens’ Forum for Constitutional Reform.
18. With Kayode Fayemi (2005), Poverty Eradication in Nigeria: Perspectives on a Participatory and Pro-Poor Approach. Lagos, Centre for Democracy and Development.
19. With Jibrin Ibrahim (2009), Can Nigeria Meet the Millennium Development Goals in 2015? Abuja, Centre for Democracy and Development.
20. Alternative Development Strategy for Nigeria (2011). Abuja, African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development.

(d) BOOKS

21. Perspectives on Democracy and Development. Lagos, Joe-Tolalu& Associates, 2005
22. Challenges of Development in Nigeria (2009). Lagos, Robitos Alliance Publishers.
23. Political Succession in Nigeria (2011). Abuja, African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development.
24. Overcoming the Challenges of Transformation in Nigeria (2012). Lagos, Joe-Tolalu& Associates
25. National Security and Policing in Nigeria (2012). Lagos, Joe-Tolalu& Associates

(e) CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

26. ‘Making Democracy Work in Nigeria: The Civil Society and Constitutional Reform’  inBreaking Barriers, Creating New Hopes: Democracy, Civil society and Good Governance in Africa Edited by AbdallaBujra and Said Adejumobi. Trenton, NJ, Africa World Press.
27. ‘Fiscal Federalism and Resource Control in Nigeria’ in Contentious issues in the Review of the 1999 Constitution (2002) Edited by Otive Igbuzor and OloladeBamidele. Lagos, Citizens’ Forum for Constitutional Reform.
28. ‘Constitution Making in Nigeria: Historical Perspective’ in Gender Gaps in the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (2003) Edited by Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi. Lagos, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre.
29.  ‘Privatisation in Nigeria: Critical Issues of Concern to Civil Society’ in Readings on Privatisation Edited by Onyekpere, E. (2003). Lagos, Socio-economic Rights Initiative (SERI).
30. ‘Public Policy and Poverty Eradication in Nigeria’ in Alternative Poverty Eradication Strategyin Nigeria (2004).  Lagos, center for Democracy and Development
31.  ‘The Military and Democratization in Africa’ in Democratisation in Africa. Edited by Simelane, N. (forthcoming). University of Swaziland.
32. ‘Four years of constitutional Rule in Nigeria’ in Constitutions and Constitutionalism in Anglophone West Africa. Edited by Boafo-Arthur, K (forthcoming). Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Ghana.
33. ‘The Concept of Budgeting”  inA Handbook of Budgeting (2005).  Lagos, center for Democracy and Development
34. ‘Neo-Liberalism and Poverty in Nigeria’ in Another Nigeria is Possible: Proceedings of the First Nigeria Social Forum. Abuja, Nigeria Social Forum.
35. ‘A Critique of the 1999 Constitution Making Process in Nigeria’ in The Quest for a Gender Sensitive Constitution in Nigeria (2002). Lagos, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
36. ‘Civil Society Engagement with the National Political Reform Conference(NPRC): A Critical Appraisal’ in Political Reform Conference: Federalism and the National Question in Nigeria. Edited by W. O. Alli (2005). Nigeria Political Science Association.
37. ‘Women in Nigeria(WIN), Donor Agencies and the Struggle for Gender Equity in Nigeria’ in Feminism or Male Feminism? The Lives and Times of Women in Nigeria (WIN). Edited by Ibrahim, J. and Salihu, A. (2007), Centre for Research, Kano and Documentation and Politics of Development Group, Stockholm University.
38. ‘Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and Poverty Reduction’ in Civil Society and EITI in Nigeria. Abuja, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy centre (CISLAC), 2007.
39. ‘Strategies for Restoring Franchise in Nigeria’ in Ibrahim, J. and Ibeanu, O. (Eds)(2009), The 2007 Elections and Subversion of Popular Sovereignty. Abuja, Centre for Democracy and Development.
40. Ownership Structure and Level of Participation in the Oil and Gas Sector in Nigeria in Nigerian Extractive Industries: An Evaluation of the Nature and Character. Vol 1: Oil and Gas (2010). Abuja, Coalitions for Change
41. Generational Shifts: Human Rights Struggles in the 1980s and 2000s in Ibrahim, J. and Ya’u, Y. Z. (2010), The Left and Human Rights Struggle in Nigeria. Kano, Centre for Research and Documentation.
42. The Global Economic Crisis, African Development and the Obama Presidency in Africa and US in the Obama Presidency (Forthcoming)

(e) MONOGRAPHS

43. A Critique of the 1999 Constitution Making and Review Process in Nigeria.(2002) Lagos, Citizens Forum for Constitutional Reform (CFCR) Monograph Series No. 1
44. Strategies for Winning the Anti-Corruption War in Nigeria. (2008). ActionAid Nigeria Briefing Paper 2

(f) RESEARCH REPORTS

45. National Scientific Survey on the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2003) by Sam Egwu, Femi Adelakun and Otive Igbuzor.  Lagos, Citizens’ Forum for Constitutional Reform.
46. Conceptual and methodological Issues in Participatory Research for Community Empowerment in Salihu, A. (Ed) Community Empowerment Capacity Enhancement Needs Assessment (CE-CENA) Initiative: Study of Four Communities in Kano State, Northwestern Nigeria (February –August, 2003). Abuja, World Bank Institute.

HOBBIES:

Writing, Reading, Singing, Dancing and table tennis.

MEMBERSHIP OF SPECIAL COMMITEES, BOARDS & PROJECTS

• ActionAid International Africa Strategy Drafting Team
• Technical Assistance Management Consultant for Capacity for Universal Basic Education
• Steering Committee, Promoting Sexual Health and Reduction of HIV/AIDs in Nigeria (PSRHH)
• Steering Committee, Strengthening National Response to HIV/AIDs in Nigeria (SNR)
• Steering Committee, Enabling National Response to HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (ENR)
• Trustee Nigeria Feminist Movement
• Member, Police Service Commission, Abuja
• Chairman, Police Recruitment Board, Abuja
• Governing Council, Centre for Democracy & Development (CDD)
• Fellow, Institute of Strategic Management of Nigeria (FISM)
• Member, Board of Trustees, Nigerian Civil Society Education Fund.
• Member, Board of Trustees, African Policing Oversight Forum (APCOF), Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Member, Board of Trustees, Nigerian Women Political Trust Fund
• Member, Board of Trustees, Faith Revival Ministries, London
• Chairman, Police University Selection Board( 2012-2013)
• Member, UN Secretary General Network of Men Leaders (Oct, 2012 to date)
• Member, Board of Trustees, Oando Foundation (Oct, 2012-Date)
• Fellow, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) (Nov, 2012-date)
• Member, Expert Panel on Nigeria Natural Resource Charter (2012-date)

REFEREES:

Prof. U. A. Igun
Former Vice-Chancellor,
Delta State University,
Abraka, Delta State
E-mail: aruoturejr@yahoo.com
Tel: 234 8034044501

Dr. Jibrin Ibrahim
Director, Centre for Democracy and Development
Abuja
E-mail: Jibo72@yahoo.com
Tel: 234 8034001200

            Dr. Kole A. Shettima
African Director,
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Opposite National Hospital, Central Business District,
Abuja, Nigeria.
E-mail: k.shettima.macarthurnigeria@skannet.com
koleshettima@yahoo.com
Tel: 234-94132920, 4132965, 08033207228


13.      Certification:

I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, this CV correctly describes me, my qualifications, and my experience.

                                                                Date:       01-11–2013
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