Raphael is the Head, Social Research at NOIPolls. He has over 12 years’ cross-cutting research and program experiences on Governance, Community Resilience, Crime and Policing, Violence and Conflict, Health, Agriculture and education. He has strong expertize in Monitoring and Evaluation of development programs in Africa.Prior to joining NOIPolls, he was the Program Officer, Research and Strategy Development at the CLEEN Foundation where he coordinated nationwide surveys and programs; including the National Crime and Victimization Surveys, Harvard University Justice Indicator Program and the West African Border Security Surveys. Raphael is also the Co-National Investigator for Afrobarometer Surveys in Nigeria.. Over the last 6 years with NOIPolls, he has lead several projects, surveys and opinion polls for both Local and International Development Organizations in Nigeria such as the International Republican Institute (IRI), DFID, USAID, United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the German Embassy, UK-Cabinet Office, The World Bank, and the Global Fund program on health among others. He possesses the requisite intellectual capital, skills and exposure to manage any research-based intervention program within the framework of global development in the Sub-Saharan Africa having worked with diverse project teams, program partners and country stakeholders to deliver program objectives. He has attended various research training’s and courses across several countries in Africa including South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Gambia, Ghana and Senegal. He has visited almost all the states in Nigeria for development project implementations, sometimes stayed in basic conditions when necessary. Raphael has written and coordinated many policy documents. He studied Peace and Conflict Studies at Nasarawa State University, Keffi. He holds Masters Degree in Project Development and Implementation (MPDI) from University of Ibadan Nigeria. He is also an ardent listener and enthusiast of traditional African music.