Kate Sam-Ngbor

Kate Sam-Ngbor, Nigeria,

From 2007: She "is the public policy advisor of the Rivers State government. She was instrumental in the design of the popular "Democracy and Good Governance" pilot program by USAID, which played an influential role in the eventual return of democracy to Nigeria. A journalist by trade, she was the chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists and later the chairperson of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. She has also founded and/or helped to organize a number of NGOs on topics from sustainable development to women's rights. She comes to SSFDD to learn about judicial integrity, respect for the rule of law, freedom of the press, among other interests."


 * Director, Actions for Genuine Democratic Alternatives (AGENDA)
 * Summer Fellow (2007), Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law