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A former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, in a book published on Tuesday, has said that President Mohammadu

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi is reportedly behind the sack row of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, AFRICAN EXAMINER has learnt. According to Persecondnews, the minister had sworn that Bala-Usman would not get a second term but was jolted when in January that the president approved her for a second term of five years in office, a development that did not go down with the minister. It was also gathered that th...

Advertisement Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said this was to allow for an administrative panel of inquiry to investigate the “management”. All members of the panel were appointed by Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transportation who supervises NPA. Curiously, only Bala Usman, who had been having a cold battle with Amaechi, was asked to step aside, effectively suggesting that she, and not the management, is the target of the investigation. Advertisement To act as MD is Mohammed Koko, ...

At a time when shocking news has become a daily occurrence, Nigerians got an extra dose on Thursday evening when President Muhammadu Buhari asked Hadiza Bala Usman to “step aside” as the managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said this was to allow for an administrative panel of inquiry to investigate the “management”. All members of the panel were appointed by Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transportation who supervises NPA. Curiously...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 13 December 2020 The Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Akin Ricketts, tells TOFARATI IGE about his career, maritime sector, business, family and other issues As The chairman is simply a member of the Governing Board but a primus inter pares (first among equals) as he chairs its meetings, issues directives and with all other members of the board, guides the NPA on policy matters and ensures adherence to the Federal Government’s policie...