Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Nineteenth Session)

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Nineteenth Session), held on 21st September 2023.

Learning Outcomes:

• Advance knowledge about recovery system.
• Learn how recovery-oriented system of care imparts the success of recovery within the community.
• Highlight professionals' core competences in recovery support system.
• Lean about the language of recovery.
• Highlight challenges of recovery support system.

Presenter:
Fatima Abiola Popoola
 

Fatima Abiola Popoola works with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and currently the Assistant Director, Sensitization in the Drug Demand Reduction Department of the Agency with office in Abuja. She is a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) trained addiction counselor and Master Trainer for Drug Prevention Treatment and Care (DPTC). She is also a Universal Recovery Curriculum (URC) Master Trainer for Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme.

Fatima holds a Master’s Degree in Guidance and Counseling and is currently undergoing her PhD programme in Guidance and Counseling at the University of Abuja. As a researcher, Fatima has presented some of her work at both local and international conferences.

For three years, Fatima was the Kaduna state Coordinator of ISSUP Nigeria Chapter and presently the Assistant Zonal Coordinator for ISSUP in North Central Nigeria. She has attended both local and international ISSUP conferences.

Moderators:

Dr. Martin O. Agwogie, National President, ISSUP Nigeria Chapter

Dr. Bawo O. James, Publicity Secretary/Mobilization ISSUP Nigeria Chapter

Webinars and online events delivered and hosted by the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) are provided for informational purposes only. They are educational in nature and do not constitute medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.