Jake Dan-Azumi

Jake Dan-Azumi is a Nigerian social scientist. He was a Special Assistant to the former President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator David Mark and a Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Legislative  and Democratic Studies.

Personal Life
Jake Dan-Azumi was born in Damaturu, Yobe state, north east Nigeria. He is of the Mumuye ethnic group in Taraba state. His growing up involved a lot of movement around the north eastern part of Nigeria because his father, Joseph Dan-Azumi who worked for the Federal Bureau of Statistics was transferred to different states.

Education
Dan-Azumi obtained B.A degrees from the University of Zimbabwe and the University of South Africa. He holds a doctorate in Development Planning & Administration from University College London. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma from the  University of Bradford. Dan-Azumi is a visiting senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science, University of Abuja.

Professional career
Dan-Azumi is currently the head of the International Cooperation Division at the National Institute for Legislative & Democratic Studies in the Nigeria National Assembly  and has served as a faculty member of Loyola Jesuit College. He served as a Special Assistant to the President of the Nigeria Senate between 2011 and 2013. Dan-Azumi has served as a governance consultant with the United Nations Development Program UNDP  where he  worked as an officer for the UNDP/DGD Project on Strengthening Key Processes and Committees of the Nigerian National Assembly. He was the Assistant Coordinator of the NILDS-University of Benin Postgraduate Programme. He has previously worked with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Zambia.

Awards and honours
 Recipient, Ray Brown’s Prize for Humanities, 2005; Arrupe College, Harare Zimbabwe, an Affiliate Institution of the University of Zimbabwe 
 Certificates of Merit of the Department of Political Sciences and Philosophy, University of South Africa for Distinction obtained in Politics and African Studies
 Best Research Fellow (2014), Research and Training Department, National Institute for Legislative Studies, National Assembly of Nigeria

References

Category:Nigerian politicians
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Living people