Sa'adatu Adamu
Rehabilitation Counsellor
Abuja
Summary
Versatile business leader bringing 10 years of experience as accomplished rehabilitation counselor. Strategic problem-solver, change manager and visionary executive with success implementing plans to meet current and future needs. Key expertise in counseling,human resource management and strategic plan. Results-oriented rehabilitation executive with demonstrated record of accomplishment in streamlining operations, mental health advocacy and counseling re-orientation. Decisive leader promoting operational improvements, reduce stigma and positive corporate culture as keys to success.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
31
31
years of post-secondary education
13
13
Certifications
Work History
President
Psychotherapeutic & Counselling Research Institute
Abuja, FC
01.2023 - Current
- To set and achieve goals, both long and short terms
- To ensure all departments meet their goals
- To manage and supervise budgets and periodic audits
- To prepare for consideration by board of PCRI annual operational and capital construction requests of Institutes
- To explain and defend budget request as submitted to governing council
- To conduct continuing inventory of physical plant of institute
- To establish and maintain office of institutional research and academic planning and to provide continuous source of data to assist admin officers and board of PCRI
- To establish policies for coordination of purchasing for institute in order to maximize purchasing view
- To maintain effective liaison with board of directors and officers of institute and Secure future international initiative, to provide assistance in these organizations towards achieving their important goals.
- Manage over 40 staff members
- Organize annual general meetings
- Follow on all government approvals for easy operation
- Developed and implemented new strategies and policies in collaboration with executive partners to establish and achieve long-term business objectives, providing company with strong and sustainable organizational leadership
- Spearheaded development and implementation of distributed organizational structure to increase efficiency
- Led operational team in development, rollout, and management of courses and curriculum
Vice Chairperson
Counselling Association of Nigeria
Abuja, FCT
01.2022 - 12.2024
- Manage over 400 members when needed
- To represent chairperson in absence
- To represent association at local regional and national level if need be
- To ensure association is managed effectively
- To head and coordinate all committees, to oversee and guide decision taken by committee members
- Support chairman whenever need arises
- Be completely familiar with association constitution
- To ensure smooth running of association standing committees.
- Formulated and executed strategic initiatives to improve product offerings.
- Initiated strategy to drive association growth and increase membership
- Represented organization at industry conferences and events.
- Shaped solutions and approaches by leveraging trends in society and industries.
Founder
Secure the Future International Initiative
Abuja, FC
01.2018 - Current
- Formulating and successfully implementing organization policy
- Building and maintaining effective executive team
- Ensuring that operating objectives and standards of performance are not only understood but owned by management, staff, volunteers and interns
- Direct activities and productivity of entire organizations
- Represent organization in matters and professional associations
- Seeing day-to-day management and activities of organization Maintaining ongoing dialogue with chair of board
- Raise funds for project implementations and organizational dealings
- Create projects and sustainable plan for organization
- Create healthy and habitable space for entire team
- Seek partnerships and collaborations for organization
- Build leaders through mentoring
- Design, plan, and implements events like conferences, seminars, workshops, summits and expositions.
- Establish mental health school club
- Created organization's mission and vision statements for use by employees
- Defined company roles and responsibilities to establish and enhance processes
- counselled over 600 people in abuja and about 80 outside Nigeria
CEO
Maisa Legado Limited
Abuja, FCT
12.2014 - 02.2022
- Formulating and successfully implementing company policy
- Building and maintaining effective executive team
- Ensuring that operating objectives and standards of performance are not only understood but owned by management and other employees
- Direct activities and productivity of entire organizations
- Being able to negotiate partnerships with other organizations
- Secure distributorship deals from production factories/companies for organization
- Represent company in matters and professional associations
- Seeing day-to-day management and activities of company Maintaining ongoing dialogue with chair of board.
- Performed psychometric testing for organization
- Trained over 500 government workers from different agencies
- Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth
- Built productive relationships with industry partners and competitors to support strategic business objectives
- Managed partnerships and strategic business relationships by negotiating contract terms and handling conflicts
Principal Partner
Neni-Afrique
Abuja, FC
11.2015 - 01.2019
- Promote and encourage private sector involvement in government aided schools in country
- Representing company's interest, in that way ambassador for company
- Create drama clubs in country for school students
- Secure partnership with actor’s guild of Nigeria to support drama clubs in schools across country
- Negotiate business and decide for organization
- Promote desire of company and emphasize professional stature, expertise and contribute to company.
- Developed and implemented strategies to enhance partner relations
- Evaluated productivity and quality of service and made recommendations for improvement to reach firm's short-term and long-term goals
Client Service Executive
NAFDAC GREEN PAGES
Abuja, FC
01.2004 - 01.2014
- Attend to Clients so as to discuss their needs and requirements
- Striding and pitching to win new business
- Managing clients expectations and keeping them at loop in all phases of campaign and sealing new deals
- Tackling obstacles and role playing headhunter if need be.
- Identified business challenges and presented solutions to challenges
- Maintained and executed yearly formal business plans
- Developed and maintained existing client relationship and developed new client relationships
- Executed and devised business development strategies to attract and acquire new clients using content marketing, cold-calling and networking
- Managed receptionist area by greeting visitors, responding to telephone, and email inquiries and providing information for in-person requests
- enlisted over 1000 nafdac registered product in Nafdac green pages
Education
Ph.D. -
Nasarawa State University
Nassarawa, AD 01.2023 - Current
Master of Science -
Nasarawa State University
Nassarawa , Keffi 03.2018 - 03.2022
PGDE in Education (Guidance & Counseling) -
Nasarawa State University
Nassarawa Keffi 02.2016 - 02.2017
Cert. Human Resource Management -
UNICAF University Larnaca Cyprus
Cyprus 01.2016 - 02.2016
B. Tech (HONS) IDP/MPP -
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in Affiliation With National Film Institute
Plateau State 02.2004 - 03.2008
DIPLOMA IN MASS COMMUNICATION -
University of Jos
Plateau State 02.2004 - 02.2004
Federal Government Girls College Bwari Abuja
Abuja, FC 02.1995 - 02.2001
Federal Government College Kaduna
Kaduna, KD 01.1995 - 01.1998
Wilson Preparatory School Barnawa Kaduna
Kaduna, KD 01.1992 - 08.1998
Saint Servious Anglican School Kaduna
Kaduna, KD 08.1987 - 08.1992
Skills
Policy Development
undefinedWebsites
Affiliations
- Counseling Association of Nigeria (CASSON)
- American Counseling Association (ACA)
- International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP)
- Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)
- World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD)
Awards
- Ambassador for Peace
- Icon of Women Development
- Award of Excellence on Youth Empowerment
- Social Impact Health Coach of the Year
- Most Outstanding Humanitarian Mental Health Organization
- Social Development Advocate
- Mental Health Advocate of the Year
- Award of Excellence on Humanity/Charity
- Hon Ph.D American Management University
- Fellow Centre for Public Service Productivity and Development
Volunteer Experience
- CEO Maisa Legado Limited
- Founder Secure the Future International Initiative
- Founder SDF Support Home
- President Psychotherapeutic & Counselling Research Institute
- V.C Counselling Association of Nigeria Fct Chapter
- Board Member MYLLASH Youth Foundation for Innovation
- Patron FONU Edutainment/National Youth Award
Accomplishments
- Documented and resolved conferences and summit which led to awards .
- Achieved by completing book publishing with accuracy and efficiency.
- Achieved mental health club through effectively helping with school mental health advocacy .
- Supervised team of 42 staff members.
- Achieved mindDR by introducing and app for counseling tasks.
Additional Information
sa'adatu Adamu has been working with survivors of human trafficking, rape, emotional and substance abuse. she has a unique combination of high-tech training and expertise in planning consulting
Certification
Guidance and counseling , human resource management,
Work Availability
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Timeline
Ph.D. -
Nasarawa State University
01.2023 - Current
President
Psychotherapeutic & Counselling Research Institute
01.2023 - Current
Vice Chairperson
Counselling Association of Nigeria
01.2022 - 12.2024
Master of Science -
Nasarawa State University
03.2018 - 03.2022
Founder
Secure the Future International Initiative
01.2018 - Current
PGDE in Education (Guidance & Counseling) -
Nasarawa State University
02.2016 - 02.2017
Cert. Human Resource Management -
UNICAF University Larnaca Cyprus
01.2016 - 02.2016
Principal Partner
Neni-Afrique
11.2015 - 01.2019
CEO
Maisa Legado Limited
12.2014 - 02.2022
B. Tech (HONS) IDP/MPP -
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in Affiliation With National Film Institute
02.2004 - 03.2008
DIPLOMA IN MASS COMMUNICATION -
University of Jos
02.2004 - 02.2004
Client Service Executive
NAFDAC GREEN PAGES
01.2004 - 01.2014
Federal Government Girls College Bwari Abuja
02.1995 - 02.2001
Federal Government College Kaduna
01.1995 - 01.1998
Wilson Preparatory School Barnawa Kaduna
01.1992 - 08.1998
Saint Servious Anglican School Kaduna
08.1987 - 08.1992
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