FAO in Nigeria

Our team

FAO Nigeria comprise of a multi-disciplinary team of experts in different fields including Forestry, Animal production, Fisheries, Crop Production, Agribusiness, Food Security, Nutrition, Irrigation, Emergency Response, and Resilience Building. These capacities are deployed to provide technical assistance to various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that have relevance to FAO Mandate.

FAO Nigeria, has a total staff count of 97 Personnel, comprising of 18 International and 79 Nigerians. At the helm of managing the affairs of the representation are:

Koffy Dominique Kouacou
FAO Representative ad interim in Nigeria and to ECOWAS

Abubakar Suleiman 
Assistant FAO Representative (Programme)

Al Hassan Cisse
Head, Northeast Operations

Otto Vianney Muhinda
ECTAD Country Team Leader

Sahal Fallal
Emergency Specialist