SAFIYA STEPHANIE MUSA
AWLO NORTHERN NIGERIA REGION PRESIDENT
Safiya Musa has about two decades banking experience and was FirstBank’s Chief
Representative Officer in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In that role, she doubled as the Chief Executive for the brand as well as an Ambassador at-large for Nigeria. She’s a graduate of Economics from Bayero University Kano, and has also received further
education/training at several institutions, including Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Business School, INSEAD Business School, and the African Centre For International Criminal Justice ACICJ.
Safiya is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (ICEN), a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Fellow of the Nigerian Leadership Initiative (NLI), a Mentor, TEF Programme, Member of the Young
African Leadership Initiative (YALI) Network, and a Fellow, ElectHER Future Lawmakers Programme (EFLP)
She co-founded EduShine Support Foundation to assist students of public schools to maximise their educational potentials by providing extramural classes, free Jamb registration, payment of school fees, mentoring program and online-based educational
resources. Through this effort, she helps promote inclusive and quality education and lifelong learning for all, thereby substantially helping to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 4. The Foundation also provides funding to small-scale business owners.
This initiative is called the ‘Power Of N50k’. She’s an advocate of Pro-poor policies, and partners with many NGOs focusing on Education, Empowerment and Health Care for the less privileged. She’s the Founder/Chief Enterprise Officer of the Amazons for Change & Empowerment Initiative, and a BOT
member of the Emerge Women organization. She also works in advisory capacity with Smile Missions Health Care (SMHC) in providing medical service support to areas ravaged by Boko Haram terrorism, and the Kogi Young Professionals Network in providing support
to the Executive team. Internationally, Safiya has participated in fund-raising initiatives for the Institute of Cancer Research, UK and other charitable activities in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. She was invited by the Parliamentarians For Global Action (PGA) to join a Regional Working Group on the fight against impunity in Africa. She has received many awards for
her Humanitarian works, and was confirmed a Global Goodwill Ambassador (GGA) by the United Nations affiliated GGA Organization.
Safiya is renowned for her intellect, leadership qualities, passionate commitment to worthy causes, versatility, diligence and an impactful results-oriented approach to issues. She is at the vanguard of numerous initiatives to promote and support the socio-economic
development of Nigeria. She currently serves as the National Vice President, Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria ICEN, and was recently appointed the Regional President (North) of the African
Women in Leadership Organization (AWLO)