Ukoha Ukiwo
Dr. Ukoha Ukiwo is the Team Leader of Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria, focusing on partnerships that enhance the capacity of security agencies to address gender-based violence and promote women's rights. He has expressed optimism regarding the implementation of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps' new gender policy, which aims to bolster the corps' effectiveness in these areas.
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The Team Leader of the SPRiNG Programme, Ukoha Ukiwo, said experience from the programme’s peacebuilding interventions had demonstrated that lasting security reforms require a solid legal foundation.
UK Backs State Police Reforms in Nigeria, Safeguards Listed
Nigeria· 2026-07-16
Dr Ukoha Ukiwo welcomed the partnership with NSCDC and expressed hope that the new policy would strengthen the corps’ role in preventing, reporting, and prosecuting violations of women’s rights and gender-based violence.
UK Envoy Backs Nigeria's New Security Gender PolicyNigeria· 2026-02-03
