Dr. Okai Abubakar Haruna Aku holds a B.M, B.Ch degree in Medicine and surgery; MPH in Public Health. He has a Diploma in Health system management, Galilee College, Israel, and Certificate in Advocacy in Global Health. Dr. Okai has over fifteen years of practical experience in advocacy, resource mobilization, and external relations, and over thirty years in clinical practice, coupled with program management, including clinical management with progressive experience in program management, research, monitoring, and evaluation in RH/FP/HIV/CxCaS&PT/safe abortion and MNCH integration. (SRHR Integration).

Dr. Okai worked with PPFN as a volunteer Physician in accelerated (ARV) HIV/AIDs therapy (2000-2003), and later rose to become the National Advocacy Officer (2007-2011), he became the Ag. Director of program (2011-2014) and Ag. Director, ABDER (2015-2020) and was made Director, ABDER in 2021 till when he became the Executive Director till date.