What if you are told that the 2025 Accelerated Amazons are the luckiest since the inception of the Amazon cadre of women of substance in the MMS Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame (WoFHoF) Initiative, would you agree?
Florence Nonyelum Onweagba
Head, Corporate & Strategic Communication
Lagos Port Complex, Nigerian Ports Authority( NPA)
Mrs. Florence Nonyelum Onweagba is the Principal Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, Lagos, the premier port of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
She hails from Onicha – Olona in Aniocha North of Delta State. Florence attended one of the elite secondary schools in the country, Queen’s College Enugu in Enugu State, after which she proceeded to study English & Literature in University of Benin and graduated in 1991. Her quest for a better professional positioning led her to obtain a Master Degree from the University of Lagos in 2003.
Her career trajectory seems iced with fortunes from the beginning. After her mandatory NYSC in Aboekuta Grammar School, Ogun State, Florence started her career with Nigerian Ports Authority as a Human Resource Officer (Personnel Officer 11) in 1993 where she rose to the position of a Senior Personnel Officer in 1995. She later made a career switch to Corporate and Strategic Communications Division in 2003.
Happily married with children, she brings to bear her experience as a human resource professional and a communicator to the ever- dynamic and challenging tasks at LPC, especially in the area of change management. She is passionately inclined to humanitarianism, a factor that made her a candidate for MMS Accelerated Amazon.
Mrs. Queen Nwanyieze Ajayi
Mrs. Ajayi, Queen Nwanyieze is the Assistant General Manager (AGM),Training and Human Resources Development, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria(FAAN). She is an aviation professional with close to 21 years industry experience.
Mrs. Ajayi holds a Master Degree in Public Administration and has been a full member of Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM) for over fifteen years. She is also member of several other associations such as Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management (CILRM), Nigerian Institute of Training and Development (NITAD), Women Leadership Institute (WLI), Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport(CILT) and presently the Aviation Mode Representative (In Council).
Mrs. Ajayi has held several positions such as WILAT Membership Committee consecutively for more than five years; WILAT Welfare Officer 2014–2018; WILAT Assistant Public Relations Officer(PRO) 2018–July2021,WILAT PRO July 2021 to date. She was also Chairperson, Membership Committee for five consecutive years.
In her quest to professional growth, she has attended several Managerial and Professional Courses/Seminars both locally & internationally which has positioned her manage tasks in the line of her duties.
She is married and blessed with three wonderful children. Her passion for humanity is top-notch.
Dr. Ada Theresa Onwuka
Ada Theresa Onwuka is an Economist and thorough-bred Banker with over twenty years experience in the banking and financial industry. She had managed several core aspects of banking over the years, and credited as a key figure in the Treasury and Financial institution arm of banking.
Ada Theresa Onwuka began her career as the editor of the Nigerian Treasurer, an official journal for the Money Market Association; she assisted in the development, implementation, coordination of several policies and programmes between the year 1992 and 1998, which put her in good stead in her chosen career.
Ada Theresa Onwuka moved on in the year 1998 to join Hallmark Bank where she cut her teeth in the banking sector; from there on she had worked for several other banks such as Platinum Bank, Ecobank International Bank, Skye Bank, where she headed different departments from retail banking across marketing and treasury management.
She is a life member of the prestigious Lagos Business School (LBS), Chartered Institute of Bankers Of NIgeria and FMDA (Financial Markets Dealers Association).
She is a keen sports enthusiast with special interest in Music, Travelling and Humanitarian works and passionate about development issues in Nigeria. She is the Head Convener of World Disability Campaign in Nigeria. She has won several awards in Africa.
Dr. Ahmadu, Fatimah Binta
Ahmadu, Fatimah Binta is the Chief Medical Director of Susamsss Hospital, Head Gynecologist and a Principal Consulting Officer of Susamsss PR Ltd, a positive, dynamic impact- maker in Public and International Relations, Crisis Management, Image Manager and Reputation Strategist.
She is the General Secretary, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations.
Her outfits are reputable healthcare delivery givers and strategic communications agency based respectively in Ogun and Lagos state, Nigeria. She is a highly groomed, experienced and seasoned Medical Personnel and PR expert .She has worked with many international institutions such as RCCG, MFM, CWGM and many non-governmental organizations, such as ESSFNiger DeltaSickle Cell Foundation, Women On Knee Ministries, setting achievable milestones and landmarks. Her NGO, Street Hospitals caters for the less privileged through free health checks and routine drug prescription
She studied at the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University Zaira and went on to further her studies at Grants Medical College Mumbai. India. (MBBS) a couple of years after she bagged a diploma in Advance Public Relations from the Prestigious, Business Education Examination Council. Lagos, Nigeria(Mnipr)
Virginia Obogo Nzeribe
Mrs. Virginia Obogo Nzeribe is an Assistant Director, Shipping Development at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA). Her sphere of duties covers the Tin Can Island office of the agency, where she oversees 35 jetties and terminals in that jurisdiction as operations officer.
Virginia Nzeribe is a performance- fixated and result-driven officer who discovered several under declared
bills and saved NIMASA over five hundred thousand dollars, thereby exceeding expectations and targets, a feat that has become a work culture.
Always prepared for greater challenges and amenable to unlearning and learning new skills, Virginia has a methodical focus mentality to work which makes her see things through to completion upon take off.
She is not selfish with her ground-breaking knowledge, making her a leader to watch. As a commitment to leadership, she has trained and mentored over 50 new members of NIMASA staff and ensured that terminals and jetty operators comply with the extant maritime rules and regulations.
The digital age and the prevailing human relations etiquette now require soft-skill set as fundamental for success in work place and relationship management and Virginia Nzeribe demonstrates these in good measure to her advantage. No wonder she is breaking new grounds in compliance and monitoring which has significantly added values to the bottom-line of NIMASA.
Today, she is a proud shipping development analyst capable of identifying dangerous cargo and analyze all forms of cargo.She has attended several courses locally and internationally, which include: Strategies for improving revenue generation; Tropical basic offshore safety in induction & emergency training;Environmental governance for marine environmental management.
She belong to numerous professional bodies, which include: Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA).
She is happily married with children.
