# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fatima-akilu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:07:50.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fatima-akilu"
name: "Fatima Akilu"
slug: "fatima-akilu"
description: "Fatima Akilu is a Nigerian psychologist, author, former government official, education advocate and public speaker in the areas of preventing and countering violent extremism (CVE) and counter-terrorism. She is a government representative. In 2023, she became the executive director of the Neem Foundation and the former director of Behavioural Analysis and Strategic Communication at the office of the National Security Advisor in Nigeria, where she helped develop the country's first Countering Violent Extremism Programme. Akilu is a part of the Global Strategy Network team with industry expert Richard Barrett."
tagline: "Nigerian psychologist and public speaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fatima_Akilu_11_17_2023_RISE_Action_Guide_Launch_Symposium_(53629800620).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
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  popularity:           37.68
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump