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She and her husband, an expatriate senior drilling engineer with Addax Petroleum currently live in Accra, Ghana. Before arriving in Ghana, they had lived in Luanda, Angola, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. </span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="color: #800080"> </span></p> <p> <span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, serif"><strong><span style="background-color: #f0ffff">She learnt some Arabic while in Oman and her conversational Portuguese improved tremendously before they left Luanda. </span><span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Funmi" data-scaytid="5">Funmi</span> is also the daughter of late Chief (Mrs) <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yetunde" data-scaytid="9">Yetunde</span> and <strong>Michael <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Adedapo" data-scaytid="11">Adedapo</span> <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Omisade" data-scaytid="13">Omisade</span>. Her dad was a </strong>Nigerian lawyer and politician who represented <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ife" data-scaytid="15">Ife</span> in the Federal House of Representatives during the Nigerian first republic. Her maternal grandmother was also the late <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Iyalode" data-scaytid="17">Iyalode</span> of <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ibadan" data-scaytid="19">Ibadan</span>, the first female senator of Nigeria, late Chief Mrs <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Wuraola" data-scaytid="21">Wuraola</span> <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Esan" data-scaytid="23">Esan</span>. <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Funmi" data-scaytid="7">Funmi</span> can be reached at <span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="<span id=" cloak53797">This email address is being protected from spambots. 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