Dr, Sa'adatu Adamu

Dr Sa’adatu Adamu, FCP, NICA is the founder, Secure-D-Future International Initiative (SDF). She is a mental health counselor working with victims of human trafficking, rape, substance and emotional abuse. She is a graduate of industrial design and motion pictures from the National Film Institute, an affiliate of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi ATBU. She obtained a PGDE, MSC and PHD in EDU Guidance and Counseling Nasarawa State University Nigeria NSUK and recently Confer upon a degree of Hon Ph.D in Management and Leadership from American Management University. A Certificate in human resources management from Unicaf University, Larnaca Cyprus. Dr Sa’adatu has a unique combination of high-tech training and expertise in counselling skills, startup business consulting, mental health, project development, strategic planning consulting, mentorship and Research. Her working career started at the NAFDAC green pages where she served as client service Executive and zonal coordinator, Abuja. In 2014 she moved to head Maisa Legado Training Consultancy Firm. Dr Sa’adatu Adamu has attended and organised international conferences, workshops and seminars on human trafficking, counselling and mental health. She is the Author of the book “BREAK D SILENCE“ and THE VOICES IN ME, a mental health advocacy material for secondary schools andhas written publications, international and locally, on counselling and mental health one of which is published in International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation. In 2021, She facilitated a GBV project on awareness and campaign material for primary and secondary students in urban and rural schools initiated by Spotlight Initiative and sponsored by UN and EU through UNESCO. She facilitated the CONCORD INITIATIVE Mental health and psychosocial support training organised by OSPRE and sponsored by GIZ. Since 2018, Advocacy and Counseling has become her focus, through school campaigns in partnership with Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR). She recently inaugurated the first mental health club in Nigeria in Partnership with the Secondary Education Board to curb the rising mental health issues in FCT secondary schools starting with GSS Wuye. Dr Sa’adatu Adamu is the Founder of SDF Rehabilitation Home, President of Psychotherapeutic & Counseling Research Institute and the CEO of Maisa Legado Limited. She is a member of the National Youth Policy Review Committee inaugurated by the Minister of Youth Development. Her work has won her several Awards and she serves on different boards. She is a Fellow of Centre for Public Service Productivity and Development (CEPROD) and National Institute of Credit Administration (NICA) currently the Vice Chairperson of Counseling Association of Nigeria (CASSON) FCT chapter. A member of AmericanCounseling Association (ACA)International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), Global Mental Health Action Network (GMHAN)and World Drug Federation (WDF).