Buhari retains Hadiza as NPA Managing Director; appoints new board

President Muhammadu Buhari has renewed the tenure of Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) three months before her tenure expiration.

This is contained in a press statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transportation.

According to the press statement, Chief Akin Rickets has also been appointed as Board Chairman of the Authority

Also reappointed into the NPA management team are Mohammed Bello Koko and Idris Abdulkadir.

New appointees announced in the press statement include Onari Brown as Executive Director while Ghazali Mohammed, Sen John Akpe Akpan Udoedeghe, Sen Binta Massi Garba, Alh Mustapha Aminu Dutse and Abdulwahab Adesina are members of the board.

The statement added that the appointees will be inaugurated on March 20 at the ministry of Transportation.