Current COFP Fellows (2023/2024)

HAMZA SUMAYE FADIMATU
Muslim
Plateau State
President of the FOMWAN

DIYONG VINCENT SHEASAN
Christian – Catholic
Plateau State
Director of Dialogue & Ecumenism

FATIMA DEMOHEY
Pentecostal Christian
Pastor, Shalom Embassy Ministries International – Lusaka, Zambia

IDRIS ABDULWAHAB
Shi’a Muslim
Coordinator of Rasulul Aazam Foundation (RAAF) in Kaduna.

GOWON FIDELIA
Christian – Catholic
Plateau State
Member of the congregation of the Infant Jesus

NDENG AKONGNWI AYUMBI
Christian – Catholic
Plateau State
Coordinator of Justice and Peace Commission, Kumba, Cameroon.

DARET TIMOTHY PAUL
Christian – Catholic
Program Manager, Hygiene Promotion and Community Engagement at the CRS – Plateau

YUSUF ZARAH AHMAD
Muslim
Yobe State
Executive Director of Portrait of Lake Child Initiative.

ZISENG NYETALEM LOVELINE
Christian – Catholic
Taraba State
Religious sister of the congregation of the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis

ISAH ZUBAIRU ABDULRASHEED
Muslim
Sokoto State
Project Officer/ Component Lead of “Governance and Peacebuilding

NASSANGA FLORENCE ALIRABA MUSOKE
Christian – Catholic
Chairperson of Women of Faith Network Religion for Peace Uganda.

USHIE GRACE IMAJI
Christian – Catholic
Abuja FCT
Head of Academic Affairs at Veritas University, Abuja

IWUOHA JOSEPH IKECHUKWU
Pentecostal Christian
Imo State
Pastor at Dunamis International Christian Church

JOHN ROY OMANJE
Pentecostal Christian
Kenya
Director of Checkmate Global Merchants

AL-MUSAWI ISA UMAR
Shi’a Muslim
Adamawa State
Public Relations Officer 1 of the Muslim Council of Adamawa State, Gombi

NWANKWO RAPHAEL CHUKWUJEKWU
Christian
National Director, Research & Strategy of the CAN and a Bishop of the Organization of Africa Instituted Churches (OAIC).

YAKASAI AISHA MUHAMMAD
Sunni Muslim
Kano State
Peace & Conflict Resolution Desk Officer at the NSCDC

OKOYE GLORIA UKAMAKA
Christian – Catholic
Plateau State
Head Teacher of Immaculate Heart Nursery & Primary School.

DADA OBED FLORENCE
ECWA Christian
National Treasurer of the Women Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (WOWICAN)

UZOAKU JULIANA WILLIAMS
Presbyterian Christian
Assistant Secretary General of the CAN and National President of the women wing of Christian Council of Nigeria

HIMA KADRI
Muslim
Republic of Niger
National Coordinator of the Global Network of Religions for Children.

GODWIN HELEN ADA
Christian – Catholic
Counsellors in Augustinian Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus

EJURA AKUBO
Catholic – Christian
Vocation Directress and Novice Mistress of her Congregation and a health practitioner

ABDULLAH SADIYA SHEIKH
Muslim
Financial Secretary of the Youth Wing of the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN)

AJEGENA AKUMBUGU EMMANUEL
Christian – Catholic
Nasarawa State
Priest of the Catholic Diocese of Lafia

MARY JEPKEMBOI BOWEN
Christian
Kenya
National Coordinator of Arigatou International

EJEH DANIEL AGU
Catholic – Christian
Vice Chairman of the Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN).

OLADEJO-ALGHAZAL SHAKIRAT MODUPE
Muslim
National General Secretary ll of Laine Imaillah Nigeria

YAKUBU EMMANUEL
ECWA Christian
Principal Producer at the programs department, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN).

ORJI RUTH-ANTHONY UDEH
Catholic – Christian
Sister of the congregation of the Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy

YESUFU NANAFATIMA IDRISU
Sunni Muslim
Confidential Secretary at the Nigeria Interreligious Council (NIREC)

OKAFOR FRANKLIN OSITA
Catholic – Christian
Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Family Fathers and Brothers of the Youth

ODUKOYA OLUWAKEMI KENE
Catholic – Christian
Abuja FCT
Research Assistant at Nile University of Nigeria, (NUON)

PANDEN PETER EMMANUEL
Christian
Lecturer at the Federal College of Education, Pankshin

MUSA TIMTA LUKA
Christian
Borno State
Reverend-in-charge of    the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria

EMMANUEL ANTHONIA TUMBA
Catholic – Christian
Religious Sister of the congregation of the Infant Jesus – Principal Officer of an institution owned by her congregation in Jalingo

YUSUF RABI HAJIYA
Catholic – Christian
Abuja FCT
Research Assistant at Nile University of Nigeria, (NUON)

NNAJI LUCY ONYINYECHUKWU
Catholic – Christian
Abuja FCT
Special Needs tutor at SASCON International School, Abuja

ADAM ABDULRAHMAN
Sunni Muslim
Niger State
Researcher & Trainer at Da’wah Institute (DIN), Islamic Education Trust, Minna

UKACHUKWU MERCY
Pentecostal Christian
Assistant Secretary of the Women Wing of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria

GOFWEN WIKA
Catholic – Christian
Deputy Director of News and Current Affairs Department of the Plateau State Radio Television Corporation / MSCD

UZONNA ROSEMARY NGOZI IFECHIDERE
Catholic – Christian
Member of the congregation of Sisters of the Compassionate Heart of Jesus

BELLO FADIMATU MUHAMMAD
Sunni Muslim
She is the Capacity Building Officer of the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN)

ABAH ANTHONY JOHN
Christian
Abuja FCT
Manager of News and Current Affairs at Catholic Television (CTV) – Abuja

DATONG YITKYIM
Christian
Plateau State
Senior Assistant Registrar at the Plateau State University, Bokkos.

UMUDO TAKPOBUNO
Catholic – Christian
Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA). Engaged in social and pastoral work at the Holy Family Catholic Church Badagry

SHODEHINDE IBRAHIM OLALEKAN
Sunni Muslim
Ondo State
Zonal Imam of NASFAT, Akure Branch

SUREYA ALI ROBLE
Sunni Muslim
Kenya
Founder & Director of Advocacy for Women in Peace and Security- Africa (AWAPSA)