Women’s March: Navigating with Hajia Lami Tumaka

Hajia Lami Tumaka is one force to reckon with, and a personality that cannot be easily  forgotten, when the topic of discussion is the Nigerian maritime industry.

She served the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in so many capacities that one can hardly find any space, especially in corporate communication and public relations, but also in other sectors, where she has not left a mark.

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In continuation of the Daily Trust Series on Nigerian women worth celebrating, here are the reasons why Hajiya Lami was picked;

• She was Head, Public Relations at NIMASA.
• She developed a Communications Policy to guide the Agency’s interaction with the media.
• She developed a comprehensive directory of the media (print, broadcast and online) across the country and ensured that NIMASA was adequately reported and given ample publicity mileage in all.
• She was pioneer Director of the Special Duties (External Relations & Technical Cooperation) Unit. She led the team that developed the new Unit’s structure and functions.
• She led the team that initiated and coordinated the NIMASA Employee of the Month/Year awards.
• She led the team that successfully planned, designed, coordinated and delivered the maiden NIMASA Merit Awards and Corporate Dinner for Staff and Stakeholders in 2017.
• She led the team that designed, coordinated and executed a large scale CSR programme that provided relief to victims of flood and insurgency across 30 states of the federation in 2018 and 2019.
• She led the team that designed, facilitated, coordinated and executed the annual World Maritime Day Essay Competition for students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria from 2017 to 2019.
• She coordinated the compilation and publication of all of the Agency’s policies into a single document “Compendium of Internal Policies” for ease of reference and understanding.
• She led the team that initiated and executed a programme that was geared towards changing the Agency’s staff attitude to work through the NIMASA Culture Change Project (NCCP) whilst serving as the head of the SERVICOM Unit.
• She provided mentorship to scores of NIMASA personnel on how to survive in a challenging work space and the development of a Positive Mental Attitude (PMA).
• She made presentations and delivered lectures at several local and international fora, including NIMASA’s Knowledge Transfer Series on a variety of subjects: leadership, management and personal development.