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Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman

The suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman

Buhari suspends Hadiza Bala Usman as NPA MD

Ms Usman was reappointed to continue heading the NPA in Janaury by Mr Buhari several months before the end of her first tenure.

byTaiwo-Hassan Adebayo
May 6, 2021
2 min read

Hadiza Bala Usman is battling to keep her job as managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, after President Muhammadu Buhari approved her suspension, senior government officials familiar with the development have said.

The suspension was approved on Tuesday by Mr Buhari but that action remained undisclosed until Thursday evening amid high-level efforts to ensure the decision is reversed.

NPA’s executive director of finance and administration, Mohammed Bello-Koko, has been named to lead the organisation in acting capacity.

“The suspension has been approved by Mr President but it could be reversed in the days ahead because top personalities are making efforts to ensure she remains in office and the suspension is reversed,” one official, with inside knowledge of the matter, told PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday asking not to be named for lack of authority to speak to the press.

The official said the suspension was to allow a probe of allegations of improprieties against Ms Usman to take place unhindered.

The probe is at the instance of the supervising transport ministry, headed by Rotimi Amaechi.

The official did not disclose exact details of the allegations against Ms Usman who has received praises for the reforms she introduced at the NPA and for standing up to some powerful interests in the maritime sector.

Ms Usman was reappointed to continue heading the NPA in Janaury by Mr Buhari several months before the end of her first tenure.

Among individuals said to be working to save Ms Usman are the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari; a former head of state and a former defence minister, who are said to be working to resolve the stand-off between Ms Usman and the minister.

“Yes, the suspension has been approved,” another official confirmed, also asking not to be named and refusing to give details.

The ministry of transport did not officially confirm the development but an official there said a statement would be “issued in the coming moments.”

If an official statement is made, Ms Usman may have lost the battle to reverse the suspension.

Ms Usman did not answer calls placed to her telephone to comment for this report. She also did not reply a message.

President Buhari’s spokespersons, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu, were also not available for comment Thursday evening as repeated calls to their phones were unanswered

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