UNICEF Names New Country Director For Nigeria

By Mohammed Abubakar Dutse

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has named Wafaa Saeed Abdelatef as its new UNICEF Director in Nigeria.

A statement from UNICEF on Tuesday said that prior to joining the Nigeria office, Ms Wafaa was the Country Representative in Somalia.

Prior to joining the UN System in 2000, she worked with the private sector, academia and non-government organizations in Sudan focusing on planning and delivering services to displaced people and on environmental conservation.

“Wafaa has devoted more than 20 years to public service with the UN. She served with OCHA, UNICEF and WFP in large scale complex settings with programme management and coordination experience spanning both humanitarian and development action.

“Her country level experience comprises Sudan, Somalia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Syria, and Ethiopia. She also served in leadership roles with OCHA in New York and Geneva.”

Wafaa obtained a Master of Architecture from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, Master of Physical Planning from the University of Khartoum, and a Bachelor Degree in Architecture from the University of Khartoum.