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Ms Nana Yakubu trained as a lawyer at both the Kwara State College of Technology and the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. Upon the completion of her training at ABU in 1985, she was called to the Bar after her completion of Council Legal Educational Requirements in the year 1986. Thereafter, she proceeded for her first primary’ duties with the National Youth Service Corp in the year 1987 with the Federal Ministry of Justice

Highly self-motivated, organized and hardworking team leader with a practical approached to problem solving, she has left no one in doubt within her work environment of her capacity as a dynamic leader and administrator per excellence. Endowed with outstanding managerial skills, Nana has cut her teeth within the private and corporate environment as a confident self-starter, a strategic planner, capable of working under little or no supervision.

A clear, logical minded performer with a practical approach to problem solving and a drive to see things through to completion with attention to details; those who have come across her have no reservations that Nana is a successful profession al.

Nana hails from Okene Town, in Okehi LGA of Kogi State. She was born in Sokoto in the sixties to a highly respected family famed for respect and good values. She started her early education in Offa, from where she proceeded to Kwara State College of Technology where she bagged her Diploma in Law in 1981 from where she gained admission to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria in 1985 to further her law education.

Upon completion of her NYSC, she joined the Nigerian Ports Authority as a young lawyer in 1988 and rose through the ranks to her present positions as the AGM New Business Development in the Public Private Partnership Division of NPA since 2017.

Nana as she is fondly called has upped her professional experiences with extensive training and courses, some of which includes: Vicabim Consult on Effective Delegation for Attainment of Goals; Lake Forest Consultancy Limited of Effective Contract/Negotiation Management; Adval on R12.X Oracle Self Service Human Resources; Adval on Leadership Training; Bharkern Limited on Strategic Thinking & Business Planning for Leaders; ICPC Anti-Corruption Leadership Training ; and D&B Limited on Decision Making and Strategic Management.

Her leadership prowess endeared her to hold the title of Eze Nwanyi Nwere Ugwu of Imo State Towns Development Association, Lagos State chaptter (ISTDAL) since 2017 . She is also a member of various professional bodies, including Women in Logistics and Transport (WiLAT) Nigeria. In 2018, Nana was nominated as a recipient of the WiLAT ” OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD”. She is a community leader and a fulfilled happy mother.