Lafiya’s Leadership Team

More than 50 years of operating experience in Nigeria’s non-profit and government sectors.

  • Klau Chmielowska

    Co-Executive Director

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  • Céline Kamsteeg

    Co-Executive Director

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  • Yifei Jefferson Chen

    Director of Finance and Operations

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  • Fatima Adamu

    Director of Partnerships

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  • Nasiru Sa'adu Fakai

    Director of Programmes

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  • Maryam Ibrahim

    Programme Officer (Kebbi)

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  • Fatima Balarabe Umar

    Programme Officer (Jigawa)

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Advisory Board

  • Dr Kayode Afolabi

    Director of Sexual and Reproductive Health at the Federal Ministry of Health

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  • Bahijjahtu Abubakar

    Founder of Rural Women Energy Security (RUWES) Initiative

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  • Patrick Stadler

    Co-founder and chair of the board of New Incentives

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  • Mu'azu Muhammad

    MPA - Development Practice Candidate at Columbia

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  • Sophie Gulliver

    Policy Analyst at the Center for Global Development

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  • Alex Catalán Flores

    Director of Operations at Charity Enterpreneurship

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Lafiya Sisters

  • Nafisa Ahmad Dago

  • Zubaida Isah Labbo

  • Josephine Jonathan

  • Zainab Adamu Isyaku

  • Rukayya Babangida Ahmad

  • Khadija Bello Kurya

  • Rumaisa'u Idris Musa

  • Ramatu Shehu Magaji

  • Hannah Ezekiel

  • Alheri Daniel Senchi

  • Zainab Adamu Augie

  • Balkisu Abubakar Yeldu

  • Hadiza Saleh Jibani

  • Salma Umar Faruk

  • Hussaina Shehu Turaki

  • Sumayya Bilya

  • Fatima Muhammad Mikhail

  • Aisha Adamu

  • Sumayya Abubakar

  • Zainab Idi Bukar

  • Amina Muhammad Sani

  • Fauziyya Idris

  • Shamsiya Saidu Ibrahim

Our Partners