Mrs. Onyeshielibe Nwamaka Abe hails from Aniocha-North LGA in Delta State.

She is currently an Assistant Director in the Public Relations Unit of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Her sojourn in the maritime sector has seen her rise through the ranks from the defunct Joint Maritime Labour Industrial Council (JOMALIC), where she started as a Welfare Officer of the Maritime Labour Services Department.

From the Maritime Labour Services Department where she was employed in 2004, she was deployed to the Marine Environment Management Department in 2010 as a Principal Officer where she spent four (4) years. In 2014, she was then moved to the Training Unit of the Administration and Personnel Department where she spent six (6) years. Her last deployment saw her charting a new course in the Public Relations Unit of the Agency.

As a fresh graduate of the University of Lagos, the young ‘Shielibe was sent to serve in the Rivers State under the National Youth Service Corps programme. She served as the pioneer Call Centre Representative of Multichoice Nigeria Limited, Port Harcourt. Her excellent customer service skills, saw her being employed in 2000 as a front desk Customer Care Representative and subsequent promotions to Corporate Accounts and thereafter Distribution Manager up till 2004 when she left for the public sector.

She holds a B.Sc. in Microbiology, Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management and an MBA, all from the prestigious University of Lagos. A licensed HR practitioner and member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN), as well as the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIOTA), she has constantly developed herself by participating in numerous relevant training programmes.

‘Shielibe is happilya married and blessed with two sons.