Daily Trust had earlier reported how Hadiza Bala Usman was suspended as Managing Director of the authority. An aide of Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, had disclosed this to one of our correspondents, saying it had not been made official at the time. But in his statement, Shehu said Buhari had approved a panel of inquiry on NPA and directed Usman to step aside. The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendation of the Ministry of Transportation under Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi for the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority.