Our team

The people who lead ICSA

ICSA is delivered by a consortium led by C-WINS, working with ACOMIN and NANA Girls and Women Empowerment Initiative as consortium partners. Dimagi, Natview Foundation for Technology Innovation and Candid Life support the project as subawardees. The project runs from August 2025 to August 2027.

Project leadership

Leading the project

Dr Mahmud Mustafa Zubairu

Dr Mahmud Mustafa Zubairu

Head of Mission, C-WINS

Leads C-WINS, the lead organisation of the ICSA consortium, and is the project’s primary contact and authorised signatory.

Dr Nihinlola Mabogunje

Dr Nihinlola Mabogunje

Project Lead, ICSA

Oversees day-to-day implementation, coordinates the project team and the five state teams, leads engagement with national-level decision-makers, and reports to the Project Steering Committee.

Project Steering Committee

Senior leaders from the three consortium organisations provide strategic guidance, approve workplans and budgets, monitor performance and hold the project to account.

Dr Mahmud Mustafa Zubairu

Dr Mahmud Mustafa Zubairu

Head of Mission, C-WINS

Dr Fatima Adamu

Dr Fatima Adamu

Executive Director, NANA Girls and Women Empowerment Initiative

Dr Ayodele Ipinmoye

Dr Ayodele Ipinmoye

National Coordinator, ACOMIN

Project team

The people delivering ICSA

The project team works from the ICSA secretariat in Abuja, with a State Technical Lead in each implementation state working alongside LGA leadership and the Local Health Accountability and Advocacy Teams (LHAATs).

Aanu Rotimi

Aanu Rotimi

Risk Owner

Pharm. Rufai Ahmad

Pharm. Rufai Ahmad

Project Assistant

Mrs Ndidichukwu Odoh

Mrs Ndidichukwu Odoh

Lead Communications

Dayo Lomuwagun

Dayo Lomuwagun

Project Finance Lead

Dr Emeka Martin Okonta

Dr Emeka Martin Okonta

Programme Officer, Maternal and Child Health

Lovelyn Agbor Gabriel

Lovelyn Agbor Gabriel

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

State Technical Leads

Dr Ado Zakari Mohammad

Dr Ado Zakari Mohammad

Kaduna State

Dr Daiyabu Muhammad

Dr Daiyabu Muhammad

Kano State

Dr Ma’awuya Aliu

Dr Ma’awuya Aliu

Katsina State

Nasiru Sa’adu Fakai

Nasiru Sa’adu Fakai

Kebbi State

Dr Fatima Adamu

Dr Fatima Adamu

Sokoto State

Consortium

The consortium and subawardees

ICSA is delivered by a consortium led by C-WINS, working with ACOMIN and NANA Girls and Women Empowerment Initiative as consortium partners.

C-WINS

Centre for Well-being and Integrated Nutrition Solutions

Leads the ICSA consortium, providing strategy, policy advocacy, monitoring, evaluation and learning, and consortium coordination from the Abuja secretariat.

ACOMIN

Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition

A national network of civil society organisations working on malaria prevention and treatment, immunisation and nutrition, with a leading role in community-led monitoring and accountability.

NANA Girls and Women Empowerment Initiative

Community engagement, women and girls

Brings grassroots social capital and programmes that empower women and girls, with long experience supporting the training and fair distribution of frontline health workers across northern Nigeria.

Subawardees

Specialist organisations supporting specific parts of the project under subawards from the consortium.

Dimagi

Digital tools for frontline work

A global social enterprise and Certified B Corporation that builds digital tools for frontline programmes, including CommCare, the mobile data collection and case management platform. Its tools have been deployed in more than 130 countries.

Natview Foundation for Technology Innovation

Data for social good

An Abuja-based non-profit that applies data science and technology to policy tracking, monitoring and evaluation, and evidence for decision-making in health, education and agriculture.

Candid Life

Strategic communications and media

A Nigerian strategic communications and media firm that develops communication frameworks, organisational narratives, storytelling, media production and campaigns for organisations and leaders.

Work with the team

For questions about the project, data requests or media enquiries, please contact the ICSA secretariat through the contact form.