Nigeria Association of Evaluators
Advancing the culture and practice of evaluation
Governance Structures
Executive Committee Members June 2024 – May 2027
Assoc. Prof. Umar Ibrahim
President
A/Prof. Umar Ibrahim is a global health governance specialist with over 25 years of experience in public health across Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. He is a leader in various sectors, including public, private, academic, and civil society. He serves on the Executive board of the African Forum for Primary Healthcare (AfroPHC) and several others. Currently, he lectures at Federal University Dutse, Nigeria, and holds position at the African Health and Research Organization. He is a prolific researcher and presenter, passionate about climate change and health, transdisciplinary collaborations, sustainable development, equity, and social justice.
Ms. Adegoke Oluwakemi Yetunde
Vice President
Yetunde Adegoke has worked for over 20 years in development, with UK and Dutch think tanks, Nigerian and Senegalese NGOs, the Nigerian government, multi-lateral and bi-lateral organisations. Yetunde has expertise in Learning and Adaptation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Community Management and Project Management, which she has used in the areas of WASH, Health/Nutrition, Governance programming and PCVE. Her experience in Nigeria spans 17 years in UNICEF, National Planning Commission, EU Delegation, DFID Governance project and GCERF PVE Project. I worked with IRC in the Netherlands following a Masters degree in Water and Environmental Management from WEDC, UK.
Mr. Kwarkas Rinji
Secretary General
Rinji is a Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) specialist with over 9 years of experience in development work. As a systems thinker, his focus is on ensuring accountability and disseminating learnings from projects. He is the convener SHEvaluators, a member of the Institute of International Forecasters, and applies time series and research tools innovatively. Skilled in quantitative and qualitative research, Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA), and forecasting socio-economic phenomena, he develops and manages MERL systems. Rinji is a PanAfrican championing diversity, equity, and equality in communities and institutions, conducting independent and external assessments and evaluations to advance development across Africa
Mr. Muhammad Nuradeen
Assistant Secretary General
Muhammad is an Architect by training, a Procurement Officer and an Evaluation Specialist. He is an agent of positive change wherever he finds himself, with creativity, innovation, enthusiasm and commitment to productivity in quest for excellence for national development. He is a certified Procurement Officer, an active member of Nigerian Association of Evaluators, a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Supply Chain Management. He acquired training and certification courses in Project Management and evaluation.
Mr. Sikiru Taoheed Oladehinde
Financial Secretary
Taoheed is the Chief Internal Auditor of Linkage Assurance Plc. He holds an M.Sc. Accounting, an MBA, and a Master, International Affairs & Diplomacy. An alumnus of Lagos Business School, Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), Associate Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII), Associate Chartered Taxation Institute (ACTI), and holds a Certification in Risk Management Assurance. He started his career with Ahmed Zakari & Co (2005), joined FinBank in 2007 becoming Regional Resident Control Officer in 2009. In 2012, at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture he audited HQ and offices in Ghana, Benin, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. He attended various professional conferences and seminars.
Mrs. Ruth Edward Baka
Publicity Secretary
Ruth is a Developmental, and Monitoring, Evaluation worker with over 8 years of experience in development work. Her passion as a developmental worker is to ensure human capital development in all aspect of life. She is a member of the Board of Trustee Network on Social Protection in Nigeria, she facilitate the developed Gombe State Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, M&E Policy, Social Protection Policy, Situation Analysis for Children, Food and Nutrition Policy and Coordinating Research Economic Intelligence Unit(CREIU) and She is the Focal Point for all the aforementioned. Ruth was also a member of Gombe State Transition Management Committee, Development of National Medium National Development Plan (MTNDP) National Monitoring and Evaluation Policy.
Board Members June 2024 – May 2029
Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman
Chairman
Ms. Temilola Visser-Mabogunje
Secretary
Prof. Chibueze A. Ogbonna
Member
Prof. Olubunmi A. Omotesho
Member
Dr. Zakariya'u Lawal
Member
Mr. Zakariya M. Zakari
Member
Dr. Rukaiyatu U. Ahmed
Member
Mrs. Olasumbo Yakubu
Member
Past Excos
3rd Executive (Care Taker Committee)
- Sulleiman Adediran FNIM, FNAE – Chairman
- Michael Idoko – Secretary
- Sulaiman Muhammad Bello – Assistant Secretary
- Mrs. Toyin Akpan, FNAE – Publicity Secretary
- Patience Ogwara – – Financial Secretary
- Emeka Nwandu – IT Adviser/Aggregator
- Oludotun Babayemi – Abuja Liaison Officer
2nd Executive (Elected)
- Uzodinma Adirieje (FNAE, FIMC, FIMS (UK), MNIM) – National President
- Olubunmi Ashimolowo – National Vice President
- Sanya Matthew – National General Secretary
- Dr Anthony Ugwu – Assistant National General Secretary
- Dr Hamisu Kura (FCIDS, FICEN, FIMC) – National Financial Secretary
- Ade Ola Awogbemi – National Publicity Secretary
- Temitope Olaifa – Treasurer
1st Executive (Interim Leadership from the Abuja Declaration)
- Aliyu Aminu Ahmed – National President
- Dr Uzodinma Adirieje – Deputy National President Administration
- Bashir Garba Ibrahim – Deputy National Operations and Membership
- Dr Ashimolowo O.R – Deputy National President Quality Assurance
- Flowrence Eta – National General Secretary
- Obiora Osokolo – Assistant General Secretary
- Bello Shittu – Director Research and Training
- Diana Gimba Deputy Director Research and Training
- Abba Abdulla – Director Advancement and Linkages
- Lucky Aliu – Deputy Director (A&L)
- Sulleiman Adediran – Director Programmes
- Bolanle Omidiji – Deputy Director Programs
- Tersoo Akula – Director Finance
- Adediji Timothy – Deputy Director Finance