DR. AISHA WAZIRI UMAR

Dr. Aisha Waziri Umar is a Legal Practitioner & Notary Public. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1988 and has acquired vast experience in the public sector, private sector, and academia. Over the past 33 years, she has amongst other things provided legal and technical advice to Federal and State governments on various projects in the Education, Transportation, Agriculture, and Trade Sectors. Some of these projects have been funded by government institutions and International Development Agencies including FCDO, USAID, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry, Islamic Development Bank, and the World Bank.

She possesses a doctorate degree in Economic & Trade Law from the University of West Scotland -Center for Africa Research and Enterprise and Economic Development (CAREED)- where her thesis focused on leveraging the WTO Dispute Settlement Framework to address trade barriers faced by agricultural exports from African countries. She has published several papers on trade-related topics including trade dispute resolution, Sanitary and PhytoSanitary Standards (SPS), and strategies for boosting value-added agricultural exports from Africa. In addition to her doctorate degree, she obtained a postgraduate diploma in global business from Oxford University in 2017 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Trade Studies from the World.

Aisha sits on various Boards including those of Jaiz Bank Nigeria, Berger Paints PLC, and NGX Real Estate Limited (A subsidiary of the Nigerian Stock Exchange Group).