About

Program Management Professional | Committed to Social Impact & Inclusion | Advancing Equity, Resilience & Livelihoods

Skills

  • Program development and planning
    8
  • Policy influencing and advocacy
    8
  • Governance and service administration
    9
  • Partnership and stakeholder management
    8
  • Market systems development & financial oversight
    8
  • Community mobilization and Engagment
    10

Recommendations

FEMI JOHNSON

 10/6/2025
Provided a score of  
10
  for Daniel Michael ABAH

Experience

Daniel Michael ABAH

Work experience
  • Project Program Coordinator at   Oxfam
  • Responsibility/Achievement:
  • Worked to implement proactive-responsive programming through training, guidance, peer support on strategic plans, and providing input to program design and proposal writing.
  • Led the implementation of the post-ProSell project, delivering outcomes within scope, budget, and timelines, improving economic resilience for over 5,000 vulnerable households.
  • Fostered partnerships with government entities, civil society organizations, and community groups, ensuring seamless collaboration and stakeholder buy-in.
  • Managed a project budget exceeding 170,000 Euro, achieving cost savings while ensuring compliance with Oxfam’s financial policies.
  • Designed and executed a robust Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEAL) framework, tracking key performance indicators and documenting insights to enhance project outcomes.
  • Trained over 100 government and community members in financial literacy and savings management, resulting 17% increased household savings and financial security.
  • Established and supported 35 Village Savings and Loan Federations (VSLFs), enabling community members to access sustainable credit and savings options.
  • Delivered comprehensive project reports to internal and external stakeholders, improving transparency and decision-making processes.
  • Mitigated project risks by implementing proactive strategies, ensuring uninterrupted operations despite security challenges.
  • Supervised and developed a high-performing team of 4, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
  • Successfully advocated for pro-poor policies at the state and local levels, influencing agricultural and women’s economic empowerment initiatives.

Daniel Michael ABAH

Education

Daniel Michael ABAH

Work experience
  • Governance and Influencing Coordinator/ Project Coordinator at   OXFAM Novib
  • Responsibility/Achievement:
  • Worked with staff and partners to strengthen capacity to implement proactive-responsive programming through training, guidance, peer support on strategy plans, and providing input to program design and proposal writing.
  • Collected and promoted good practices and lessons learned, contributing to a collection of replicable good practices for livelihood programming among other partners.
  • Provided technical support to identify opportunities for the development of relevant advocacy and communication/information materials addressing key policy influencing to promote social protection and inclusion.
  • Provided expert advice on the implementation of; facilitated and monitored the implementation of influencing priorities (mainstreaming and standalone projects).
  • Designed and root implementation of advocacy, influencing, and campaigns in local partnerships.
  • Facilitated training of project staff, and partners on governance, advocacy, and policy influencing in a transformative approach to involve more women in productive activities and improve grassroots political participation/ rights.
  • Worked with the M&E department to build and foster a culture of learning and reflection using data design and adaptive programs.
  • Report back to colleagues and the board among other managerial responsibilities/ duties.
  • Spearheaded advocacy campaigns addressing women's economic empowerment, food security, and livelihood resilience, resulting in the development and implementation of five (5) impactful policies.
  • Led the sign-on, gazette, and launch of the Taraba State Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) law.
  • Led the sign-on; development (State Action Plan), and implementation of the Taraba State Open Government Partner-OGP.
  • Led the development of the Taraba State Agricultural Policy; and advocated for an Agric-business policy.
  • Led the development and implementation of the project’s advocacy and influencing works in Taraba State linking with local, state, national, regional, and global Oxfam advocacy and influencing initiatives.
  • Led community development planning - CDP interventions in rural communities with adopted participatory approaches as a tool for service delivery and participatory budgeting.
  • Led key moments of international activities ranging from International Women’s Day, World Food Day, World Environment Day, and Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign among others.
  • Built strategic alliances with key (State and Non-State) actors, including farmers' groups and women’s Lead Organizations -WLOs, and advocated for gender-sensitive programming.
  • Fostered collaboration with government officials, partner organizations, and community leaders to drive positive change, utilizing data-driven insights to refine strategies.
  • Led the implementation of policy action plan according to OXFAM’s Country Strategy and commitments to transformative programming.

Daniel Michael ABAH

Work experience
  • Responsibility/Achievement:
  • Promoted the basic education rights of the girl-child in Kaduna, advocating for free and quality education.
  • Mobilized and provided solutions to the low education enrollment for the girl-child in the state.
  • Ensured the government takes appropriate action to promote free and quality education for all, especially girls.
  • Led the sign-on review of the national universal basic education rights (gaps) in the state.
  • Led consultive stakeholder forums, promoting the girl-child initiative and school enrolment target of 1500 girls.
  • Oversaw and delivered the state advocacy and influencing strategy for LEDAP.
  • Linked learning and project partnership to education networks/accountability mechanisms.

Daniel Michael ABAH

Education

Daniel Michael ABAH

Work experience
  • February, 2015 - November, 2019
  • Fulltime
  • Responsibility/Achievement:
  • Implemented projects focusing on citizen engagement in electoral processes and governance.
  • Monitoring and evaluation of assigned programs/ projects using standard tools and procedures in the overall progress on achievement of results.
  • Assisted in documentation and tracking of innovative strategies/best practices/new approaches to programming linking innovation.
  • Provided information and documentation on specific stages of projects/program implementation on results-based program development and management.
  • Led and supported the content development and Persons Living with Disability-PLWDs Charter on Elections.
  • Supported and conducted legislative advocacy and lobbying of policies i.e VAPP Act, GESI policy, LG autonomy, etc.
  • Supported the pilot of 321 mobile governance outreach in rural communities and promoted access to information.
  • Led the Kaduna state scale-up of Community Development Charters - CDC across the 23LGAs as a tool for participatory budgeting through community mobilization.
  • Promoted reflection learnings of citizen groups at the rural level; advancing their social justice to promote governance.
  • Supported electioneering stakeholders and political debates in the promotion of the 2015 and 2019 Nigeria and state elections.
  • Led team of observers at both local and state level electioneering.
  • Supported state partnership in strengthening local reforms through collaborations.
  • Supported CSO advocacy on states' adoption of passed constitution amendment bills.
  • Supported the implementation of program strategies, and work plans including monitoring and evaluation plans.

Daniel Michael ABAH

Work experience
  • Responsibility/Achievement:
  • Assisted in project planning, community outreach, and activities monitoring.
  • Supported baseline surveys and research, contributing to data collection and analysis.

Daniel Michael ABAH

Education
  • August, 2010 - November, 2014
  • Fulltime

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FEMI JOHNSON

 10/6/2025
Provided a score of  
10
  for Daniel Michael ABAH