Austin is Senior Program Officer, at the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) Nigeria, where he supports governance and people-centred development programmes. He takes lead as fake news spotter on the project, which aimed to combat Fake news, disinformation and misinformation in the 2019 general elections and beyond. Austin, holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from New York University (NYU)’s Robert F. Wagner, Graduate School of Public Service, specializing in international development – Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy. At NYU, he was the President of Wagner Student Alliance for Africa (WSAFA), and a member of International Public Service Association (IPSA). Austin is an alumni fellow of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program, and the Global Social Change Leadership Institute (GSCLI), New York.