Chime Asonye

Chime Asonye is the Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals to the Governor of Abia State, Nigeria. Previously, he worked as an Associate for the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on the Millennium Development Goals. His career has concentrated on development, democratic governance, and policy in Africa. Currently, he also serves as the Executive Director of NaijaDC, a global, socially conscious, collaborative network of leading Nigerian Diasporians intent on African development; Founder of #Songs4Change, a weekly dose of revolutionary music for Nigeria, Africa, & the world; Associate Fellow of the Nigerian Leadership Initiative; and Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) Global Shaper, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. You can read his column on relationships, called “Dating the Culture,” every other week on BellaNaija.