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Mrs. Adaku  Okam is the Director, Human Resources Management at the Nigerian Shipper’s Council (NSC). She has traversed strategic departments in the Council by way of incubation and today she is fully refined as a rounded Transportant in the maritime industry. A gifted relationship manager, she is a bundle of hope and inspiration to younger generation of women and men. Give her difficult jobs and go to bed and you will not be disappointed.

Mrs. Adaku Victoria Okam is the Director, Human Resources Management at the Nigerian Shipper’s Council (NSC). She attended Federal Government Girls College, Abuloma in Rivers State and attended University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where she obtained a B.Sc. in French and Language.

She holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Maritime Technology & Management from Federal University of Technology Owerri, Imo State a Master’s degree in Maritime Transport and Planning from University of Lagos.

Ada Okam has membership of many professional bodies. They include: Chartered Institute of Arbitration, London, United Kingdom; International Association of Researchers and Scholars; Nigerian Institute of Public Relations; Nigerian Institute of Management; Nigerian Institute of Policy and Diplomacy; Chattered Institute of Transport and Administration (CIOTA).

Ada Victioria Okam worked in various places before joining the Nigerian Shippers’ Council in 1991 as a senior Public Relation Officer and in a space of 30 years she has held various strategic positions in NSC. She was the Zonal Coordinator, South-East Zone, Aba from 2008-2015. Upon rising to the position of Director in 2019, she became Director, Special Duties; Director, Executive Secretary/CEO’s Office; Director Inland Transport Services.

She is an astute administrator with skills and extensive knowledge in the field of Public Relations, maritime transport as well as human resources management.

She is a goal-getter that believes in team work to achieve any given target.

She is a member of Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) and has a lot of mentees. She is married with children.