His Excellency, Ambassador Mfawa Omini Abam is Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Italian Republic with Concurrent Accreditation to the Republic of Albania.

 Ambassador Abam started his diplomatic career in 1993 as a Third Secretary in the Nigerian Foreign Service Academy, Lagos. He has had a consistent career spanning almost thirty  years. Among the strategic positions he has held are Protocol Officer in the Office of the Chief of General Staff(the Vice President), 1996-1998; Third Secretary, Embassy of Nigeria, Cotonou, Republic of Benin(On Attachment)-1998-2000; Personal Assistant to the Special Presidential Envoy on Conflict Resolutions and Ecowas Special Representative on Côte d’Ivoire and the Mano River Union, 2000-2003; Counselor/Head of Chancery, Embassy of Nigeria, Tel Aviv,Israel, 2003-2007; Chief Protocol Officer to the wife of the Vice President, 2007 – 2009; Chief Protocol Officer to the wife of the Acting President, 2009 – 2010; Director of Protocol to the First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2010-2015; Assistant Director, First United Nations Division, International Organisations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, 2013; Deputy Director (Appointments, Promotions, Establishment and Discipline Division), 2015 – 2016; Minister/Head of Chancery, Embassy of Nigeria, Washington DC, United States of America 2016-2018; Minister/Head of Political Department, Embassy of Nigeria, Washington DC, United States of America, 2018-2019; Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2019-2020. 

Ambassador Abam was born on the 25th April, 1964 in Ugep, Cross River State.He is married to Ifeoma Abam, and they are blessed with three children. He attended the University of Calabar, the University of Dakar(Institute de Français pour Etudiants Etrangeres), and the Nigerian Foreign Service Academy, Lagos 1993/1994. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration from the University of Calabar, Nigeria, having earlier obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Hon) in French from the same institution in 1987. He is also a holder of a Certificate of the Nigeria Foreign Service. In addition, he acquired a professional Diplome D’ Etudes Franchises of the L ‘Universite De Darkar, Senegal in 1986. Prior to his current appointment, Ambassador Abam rose to the position of Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria.