Anthony Ukpabi Asika (28 ga Yuni 1936 - 14 ga Satumba 2004) ya kasance ma'aikacin ilimi kuma ma'aikacin gwamnati a Najeriya. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Manajan Jihar Gabas ta Tsakiya a zamanin mulkin soja na Janar Yakubu Gowon, wanda aka nada lokacin da wanda ya gada, gwamnan yankin Gabas Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, ya jagoranci jihar Biafra zuwa ballewa. An haifi Asika a Onitsha a jihar Anambra ta zamani a ranar 28 ga Yuni 1936.  Mahaifinsa shine Edward Obiozo Asika na Daular Ijelekpe a ƙauyen Ogbeoza, Onitsha.  Ya yi karatu a matsayin St. Patrick's College, Calabar, Edo College and University College, yanzu Jami'ar Ibadan . Ya yi aiki a matsayin magatakarda na Majalisar Garin Onitsha (1953), Ma'aikaci a Sashen Kasuwanci da Fitar da kaya, Legas, Ma'aikaci a Hukumar Talla ta Arewacin Najeriya, Kano . Asika ya yi karatu a Jami'ar California, Berkeley a Amurka daga 1961 zuwa 1965 sannan ya zama malami a Kimiyyar Siyasa a Jami'ar Ibadan tsakanin 1965 zuwa 1967.  Malami ne mai ilimi.