Anthony Ukpabi Asika (28 June 1936 – 14 September 2004) was a Nigerian academic and civil servant.

He served as the Administrator of East Central State during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon, appointed when his predecessor, the Eastern Region governor Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, led the Biafran state into secession.

[2] His father was Edward Obiozo Asika of the Ijelekpe Dynasty in Ogbeoza Village, Onitsha.

[2] Asika later was Team Leader of the Presidential Delegation to Niger, Chad and Cameroun which negotiated re-opening Nigeria borders in 1985.

[2] Asika suffered a stroke in 1996, requiring extensive medical care, and was incapacitated from then on.