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This paper presents and discusses the outcome of a mentorship programme for capacity enhancement of Nigerian policy makers for evidence use in policy making. Policy makers were mentored by senior researchers to foster their research capacity for evidence-informed policy making. The mentorship programme involved lectures, focus group discussions, dialogues, and group work. Mentees were taught research techniques and how to use research evidence in the policy-making process. The mentorship programme knowledge assessment test and evaluation outcome indicated a considerable improvement in the mentees' skill, knowledge and understanding of evidence-informed policy making.