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Funmilayo Fasan
C
omrade Funmilola Fasan is
the Vice President-General,
Maritime Workers Union of
Nigeria (MWUN). She is also the
Financial Secretar y, Niger ian
Labour Congress (NLC) Women's
Committee Lagos Chapter.
Born to the family of Chief and Mrs.
O m o d u n n i S h oye l e, C o m ra d e
Funmilola, after completing her
primary and secondary education,
proceeded to Yaba College of
Technology, Lagos where she
g ra d u a t e d w i t h a D i p l o m a i n
Accounting.
She started her working career as a
clerk with Sofisticat Nigeria Limited.
T hereafter, she joined Trans-
Atlantic Shipping Agency as a front
desk officer in 1992. She was later
t ra n s f e r re d t o t h e c o m p a ny ' s
AccountsDepartment where she
was saddled with the responsibility
of managing var ious clients
accounting records.
Funmilola's passion for people and
speaking for the voiceless made her
join the maritime union in 1994. She
contested and won election as the
unit Assistant Secretary, Shipping,
Clearing and Forwarding (TASAL
UNIT), and remained at the position
till the formation and merger ofthe
four units as Maritime Workers
Union of Nigeria in 1996. She
served as the District Special
Female Member of the union
from1996 to 2005.
Funmilola's passion for people
and speaking for the voiceless
made her join the maritime union
in 1994. She contested and won
election as the unit Assistant
Secretary, Shipping, Clearing and
Forwarding (TASAL UNIT), and
remained at the position till the
formation and merger ofthe four
units as Maritime Workers Union
of Nigeria in 1996.
She left Trans-Atlantic
Shipping Agency to join
Comet Shipping Agency
Limited in 2006 and still
maintained her position
in the union. In 2005, she
wa s e l e c t e d a s t h e
MWUN Shipping
B ra n c h Wo m e n
R e p re s e n t a t ive a n d
served till 2009. In 2009,
she was elected as the
MWUN National Trustee
and served for two terms
meritoriously till 2017.
Trustee, MWUN, in 2012, she was
elected as Trustee, International
Transport Workers Federation
(ITF), Women's wing, Niger ia
Chapter till 2017. She was elected
MWUN, Vice President-General in
2017, a position she holds till date.
Currently, she has been seconded
by her employer, Comet Shipping
Agency Limited, to their subsidiary,
Five Stars Logistics Limited at Tin
Can Island Port office as Delivery
Supervisor.
S h e h a s a t t e n d e d n u m e ro u s
seminars, congresses, trainings
and workshops in various labour
m a n a g e m e n t s t ra t e g i e s a n d
leadership training both locally
and internationally.
While serving as the National
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