Fatima Waziri-Azi
Fatima Waziri–Azi | |
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| 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 | |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| 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. 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 and she is a woman rights advocate and a campaigner against domestic and sexual based violence.