Amid disputation of impropriety, Hadiza Bala Usman was on Wednesday told to step aside as the Managing Director of the Nigeria Port Authority, a post she had held since 2016.
Usman, who has a stint in the public service, had occupied key positions in government including being a senior officer at the Bureau of Public Enterprises and a chief of staff to the incumbent Governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai in 2015. This made her familiar with the power blocs in the political sphere. The fact that she is a Fulani woman from Katsina, the home-state of President Muhammadu Buhari, who has a track record of shielding his loyalists, also dazed on-lookers.
Published May 7, 2021, 6:00 AM
International Container Terminal Services Inc. reported a 51 percent hike in unaudited consolidated attributable net income to US$90.1 million in the first quarter of 2021 from the US$59.6 million earned in the same period last year.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said the higher profit is primarily due to higher operating income; and significant reduction in equity in net loss of joint ventures; partially tapered by an increase in interest expense on loans, and higher interest on concession rights payable and lease liability from the new terminals.
“ICTSI has delivered strong operating performance in the first quarter of 2021, with volume, revenue and earnings rising across our three regions: Asia, the Americas, and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) said ICTSI Chairman and President Enrique K. Razon Jr.
Anti-red tape agency to smoothen accreditation process for vaccination sites
May 5, 2021 | 8:05 pm
PUBLIC schools such as the Old Balara Elementary school in Quezon City pictured here are among the common sites across the country used by government for its coronavirus vaccination program. PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS
THE ANTI-RED Tape Authority (ARTA) is studying putting up one-stop shops for the processing of accreditation for coronavirus vaccination sites in response to alleged delays.
ARTA made the statement following a
Philippine Daily Inquirer report where Chinese General Hospital Manila Administrator Samuel Ang said hospitals have been noting excessive requirements to set up the sites.