TOP MARITIME WOMEN IN NIGERIA
Funke
Agbor
M
rs. Funke Agbor, is one of
the shining stars in
Nigeria's maritime industry.
A legal luminary of repute, she is a
Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Called
to the bar in 1982, she is the first
female maritime lawyer in the
country to become a SAN. A past
President of Women's International
Shipping and Trading Association
(WISTA) Nigeria, Funke has
participated very actively in the
development and formulation of
maritime policies in Nigeria,such
that she is acknowledged as an
authority in the industry.
She believes the maritime sector is a
very important sector of the
economy which the government has
not fully appreciated. This lack of
appreciation of the sector has made
it difficult for government to put the
right people in the right places to
drive the Nigerian economy. She
says at the moment what Nigeria has
as maritime is the oil and gas
sector,that is, offshore oil
trading,since offshore oil and gas
sector depends on maritime
She counsels that a woman can be a
wife, mother and at the same time
have a successful career. But they should
not benchmark themselves against men
who are of the same age with them in order
not to face disappointments, advising
young women never to rush.
Insurance Law and Litigation, Ship Finance
GQ: Securitisation and International Trade
Law EQ: Commercial Arbitration.
She brings her twenty-eight (28) years of
legal experience, tothe litigation and
arbitration group, representing clients on a
broad range of maritime transactions
including matters such as cargo loss and
damage claims, collisions and other
maritime casualties in trial and appellate
courts in Nigeria and internationally.
transportation. But the real maritime
sector which is international
carriage of goods or international
trade remains undeveloped.
Funke is a graduate of the University of Lagos and has an LLM
from the University College, London. She is a member of the
International Bar Association, Maritime Arbitrators Association of
Nigeria and the National Maritime Law Association.
She counsels that a woman can be a wife, mother and at the same
Funke Agbor is a partner in the
time have a successful career. But they should not benchmark
Shipping and Litigation Group of the
themselves against men who are of the same age with them in
Law Firm, Adepetu, Caxton-Martins,
order not to face disappointments, advising young women never
Agbor & Segun, specializing in
to rush.
Admiralty law, Shipping & Marine
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