I have a Masters in Law and Diplomacy, University of Jos, Nigeria and a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Leeds, UK. I have been involved in policy studies since 2001 working at Nigeria’s apex policy research institute (National Institute for Policy & Strategic Studies), which I joined in 1989 as an editor. As a Senior Fellow and Professor of Gender and Development I work in interdisciplinary policy research and training of medium level to senior government policy actors, and have published peer reviewed articles/book chapters. I serve as a Policy and Leadership Trainer, Development Consultant and Principal Investigator on policy, development and gender-related collaborative research projects with national and international organizations. A few examples are: 1. DFID-sponsored ‘Religion and Development’ Programme conducted by the University of Birmingham in collaboration with NISER - 2007-11, 2. UNDP-sponsored training of State Legislators in collaboration with NIPSSConsult, 2009-2010 3. Action Aid ‘State-of-the-State project’ - 2010 4. Action Aid ‘Transforming Education for Girls in Nigeria and Tanzania project’ – 2012, and 5. UN Women project on ‘Women’s Engagement in Peace and Security in Northern Nigeria: A Baseline Survey of Adamawa, Gombe and Plateau States’ - 2014. 6. Gender Unit of the National Emergency Agency (NEMA) UNDP-supported Gender in Disaster Management Policy for Nigeria – 2017 7. Women for Women International Change for Development Advocacy Toolkit - 2017 8. Federal Ministry of Health Gender in Health Policy – 2018-2019 9. EU-UN Spotlight Initiative: to eliminate violence against women and girls – 2020-2021