TOP MARITIME WOMEN IN NIGERIA
Lami
Tumaka
H
ajia Lami Tumaka, is a
household name in Nigerian
maritime industry, and a
director at the Nigerian Maritime
Administration and Safety Agency
(NIMASA). She has over three
decades experience in journalism
and public relations in both the
public and private sectors, spending
the better part of this working years
as the image maker of NIMASA.
She came to the Nigerian apex
maritime regulatory agency, the
National Maritime Authority (NMA)
now NIMASA as Chief Research
Officer and later transferred to the
public relations department.
Hajia Lami holds a Bachelors and
Master degrees in English Literature
and Business Administration from the
Ahmadu Bello University. She taught
for five years before joining the
Nigerian Television Authority (NTA),
Minna, and rose to the position of
news editor within four years. She
left journalism for public relations
when she got employed by Peugeot
Automobile Nigeria Limited, Kaduna,
becoming the company's public
Hajia Lami's excellent public relations
and communication skills have been of
tremendous advantage to NIMASA in times of
dwindling public goodwill. Her resourcefulness,
analytical mind and top-notch communication
skills make her the quintessential and
consummate public relations and
strategic media expert, loved by the media.
relations manager in 1995 from
where she came to NMA, three years
later.
Hajia's excellent public relations and
communication skills have been of
tremendous advantage to NIMASA in
times of dwindling public goodwill.
Her resourcefulness, analytical mind
and top-notch communication skills
make her the quintessential and
consummate public relations and strategic
media expert, loved by the media. This is why
the responsibility to reposition the image of
NIMASA has always fallen on her shoulders
after periods of image crisis.
She has received various awards in the
industry including the award of Most
Outstanding Maritime Industry Image Maker
by maritime journalists. She is a fellow of the
Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Tumaka.
Often referred to as the Northern Belle, Lamialso holds a diploma
in Public Relations fromHollborn College, London and Certificate
in Basic Film Production from the Television College, Jos. She was
the pioneer chairperson of Niger State Women in Media.
Currently, Hajia Tumaka is the Director, Special Duties in the
Office of the Director- General with responsibilities for external
relations and technical cooperation. As part of the repositioning of
NIMASA, she takes direct responsibility over all areas of technical
cooperation between NIMASA and other stakeholders both
foreign and local.
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