Abike Dabiri

Abike Dabiri-Erewa
OON
The Chairman, Nigerian in Diaspora Commission
Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office
2016
Personal details
Born (1962-10-11) 11 October 1962 (age 62)
Jos, Northern Region, Nigeria (now in Plateau State, Nigeria)
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
Parent(s)Alhaji and Alhaja Ashafa Erogbogbo Marital status - Divorced
EducationBA in English, PGD in Mass Communication, MSc in Mass Communication,
Alma materMaryland Private School, St. Teresa’s College, Ibadan. University of Ife, University of Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
OccupationPublic servant

Abike Kafayat Oluwatoyin Dabiri-Erewa OON (born 11 October 1962[1]) is a Nigerian politician and former member of the Nigeria Federal House of Representatives representing Ikorodu Constituency in Lagos State.[2] She was the Chairman of the House Committee on Media & Publicity.[3]

She was also the former Chairperson of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs,[4] and was elected for the first time in 2003, and re-elected in 2007 and 2011.[5]

In 2015, she was appointed as the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora. In November 2018, Dabiri-Erewa was given a new role of Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission.[6][7] The letter for the confirmation of her appointment was sent to the Senate in 2018 by the Presidency but was delayed until May 2019 when the Senate confirmed her appointment.[8][9]

She was also a supporter of "Together Nigeria"; an independent advocacy group launched to work towards President Muhammadu Buhari's 2019 [10] re-election bid.

She is the incumbent Chairman/CEO of Nigerian in Diaspora Commission.[11]

  1. ^ "biography". abikedabiri.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Abike was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Luke Onyekakeyah (9 August 2013). The Crawling Giant. AuthorHouse. pp. 169–. ISBN 978-1-4772-7779-9.
  4. ^ Abiodun Adelaja and Adekunle Adesuj (December 18, 2009). "Nigeria: Death of Student - Dabiri-Erewa Slams Nigerian Envoy to Cyprus". Daily Champion.
  5. ^ "Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa – Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit – 2021". Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  6. ^ "Buhari gives Abike Dabiri new role". Premium Times Nigeria. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  7. ^ "Buhari appoints Abike Dabiri-Erewa as National Diaspora Commission chairman". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  8. ^ Iroanusi, QueenEsther (2019-05-09). "Senate confirms Abike Dabiri-Erewa as head of Nigerian Diaspora Commission - Premium Times Nigeria". Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  9. ^ "Senate confirms Dabiri-Erewa as chairman, Nigerians Diaspora Commission". Vanguard News. 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  10. ^ The Eagle Online (21 December 2018). "Why I am Supporting Together Nigeria, by Abike Dabiri-Erewa". The Eagle Online. The Eagle Online. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Senate confirms Abike Dabiri-Erewa as Chairman/CEO of Nigerian Diaspora Commission". Punch Newspapers. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-21.