Meet the SABAF team

President

Andrew Batey, MD founded Samuel & Alice Batey Foundation in 2024 in honor of his parents.  He currently serves as the president accountable to the board of directors.  He continues to donate his time and funds, mobilizing siblings and friends who are interested in giving back to mankind and preserving our planet.

Dr. Batey was born at Eku Baptist Hospital and grew up in Eku in Delta state of Nigeria. He went to medical school at the University of Benin in Nigeria and did his internship right back at Eku Baptist Hospital. Later, he did residencies in internal medicine and fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the United Kingdom and in the United States.  He is now one of the senior gastroenterologists and hepatologists at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois USA. Dr. Batey and his family are active members of the community and stay connected to Eku.

 Director of Projects and Executive Trustee  

Mr Eugene Aganbi is the Director of Projects here at Samuel and Alice Batey Foundation (SABAF). 

He is a practicing Geographer and GIS professional, and is experienced in the design and implementation of community based (sustainable development), and poverty alleviation initiatives with the ability to manage turn - key projects from conceptualization to completion and reporting.

In 2001, Mr Aganbi was the Projects Manager at the Center for Household Energy and the Environment (Ceheen) that worked to ensure they won the Ashden Award for Household Energy, and in 2021, he was appointed as Consultant to the WASH program of the government of Delta State of Nigeria. He possesses strong environmental and natural resource management, research, and leadership skills.

  Executive Trustee   

Rexwhite Tega Enakrire, a member of the Samuel and Alice Batey Foundation (SABAF), shares SABAF's vision of giving back to humanity and safeguarding our planet. 

Rexwhite Tega Enakrire, a native of Eku, Delta State, Nigeria, is a distinguished scholar and education philosopher specialising in Library and Information Science. He earned his qualifications from Delta State University, Nigeria, and the University of Zululand, South Africa. After completing his doctorate in the same field, he undertook several training programmes and fellowships, including a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the University of South Africa, the University of Pretoria, South Africa and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. He was also a visiting scholar at the University at Buffalo, New York. Rexwhite Tega Enakrire maintains an ongoing connection with Eku through the vision of SABAF’s project.

  Executive Trustee   

Florence Ofovwe(nee BATEY) is a trustee of the board of Samuel & Alice BATEY foundation (SABAF). She spent the first twelve years of her life in the rural and serene countryside of Eku. Her secondary education took her to Baptist Girls High School Agbor. For higher education she followed the teaching career by obtaining the National Certificate in Education, followed by a bachelor’s degree in Adult Education and English, then a Master’s and PhD in Educational Management. She worked as a classroom teacher for several years, then moved to the Post Primary Education Board as administrative staff. She was appointed as a Permanent Secretary and is now retired from the civil service. In recognition of the importance of education in personal and nation building, Dr(Mrs) Ofovwe has aligned her post-retirement activities to the vision of her parents, Samuel and Alice Batey. She engages young people in meaningful conversations with special interests in personal development, life skills and service orientation. Her family lives in Benin City and is connected to SABAF projects.