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Ojigho is a Nigerian human rights expert, lawyer, and advocate for gender equality. She has also served as the Country Director of Amnesty International Nigeria since 2017.
Ojigho will be in charge of Christian Aid's advocacy, public campaigning, research, policy, and learning, PRIME9JAONLINE gathered on Tuesday.
Her appointment as director of the international charity will take effect on March 6, 2023.
Christian Aid's Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Watt, stated that Ojigho's appointment would bring valuable experience to the organization.
"I am overjoyed with this opportunity. Osai exhibited strong strategic insight and energy, and she brings valuable national and international campaigning experience on complex human rights issues, and of navigating sensitive political contexts.
“Beyond Africa, her advocacy experience has taken her to the US, Asia, Latin America and the Hague. This experience will be an asset as she leads a diverse department located across five countries. We look forward to Osai starting with us,” Watt said.
While Ojigho in her speech said, “I am thrilled to be joining Christian Aid as it leads a campaign for a just world where every person is treated with dignity, and where equality is the norm. It is an honour to be a part of a team dedicated to serving communities that have been most impacted by the climate crisis, structural social and economic inequalities, and gender injustice.
“I am looking forward to increasing our reach, mobilising engagement, and contributing to a rights-led development practice.”
Prior to Amnesty International, Ojigho was Oxfam’s pan-Africa programme manager, based in Nairobi, and had worked in a number of other pan-African advocacy roles, including as coordinator of the State of the Union campaign, and as deputy director of Alliances for Africa.
During that time, she was also a human rights observer for the AU mission to Mali and the Sahel. She has a legal background, having studied in Nigeria and the UK.