TOP MARITIME WOMEN IN NIGERIA
Lynda Ikpeazu
L
ynda Chuba-Ikpeazu, is currently the
Chairman, Federal House of Representatives
Committee on Maritime Administration and
Education. A known politician from Anambra State,
Lynda is the daughter of a judge and two-time
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holder of a bachelor's degree in communication, a
master's degree in Business Administration, and
another bachelor's degree in Law. She was a
member of the House of Representatives from 1999
to 2003.
In 2004, Lynda Ikpeazuwas the winner of the
Nigerian National Assembly election, representing
Onitsha North-South
federal constituency as
After a period of absence in elective
a candidate of the
position, she staged a comeback in the People's Democratic
last Presidential and National Assembly Party.
She was educated in
Nigeria, England, and
in America, where she
worked as a model. In
1 9 8 6 , C h u b a -
Ikpeazuwon the first
election, and got re-elected into the House A f t e r a p e r i o d o f
Most Beautiful Girl in
Niger ia pageant. In
of Representatives where she now chairs absence in elective
position, she staged a
1987 she was the first
the House Committee on Maritime
comeback in the last
Nigerian in Miss
Administration and Education.
P re s i d e n t i a l a n d
Universe since Edna
National Assembly
Park in 1964, and her
election, and got re-elected into the House of
biggest pageant achievement was when she was
Representatives where she now chairs the House
crowned Miss Africa in the same year.
Committee on Maritime Administration and
Education.
After her reign, Lynda became a business woman
in Lagos, venturing into oil servicing. She is a
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