President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),with effect from July 11, 2016.
Also appointed to NPA are: Mohammed Bello-Koko ED (Finance), Prof. Idris Abubakar ED (Engineering), Dr. Sekonte Davies ED (Marine Operations).
In July 2015, Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman was appointed Chief of Staff to @GovKaduna, a position she held until her present appointment.
Ms Usman is the founder Bring Back Our Girls Campaign, Bala Usman started the campaign, #BringBackOurGirls ..
Ms. Bala Usman, 40, will become the first female chief executive of a top tier federal government agency and of the NPA.
She takes over from Alhaji Habib Abdullahi, who was reinstated by Buhari in August 2015 as the managing director of NPA, after he had been shown the exit by former President Goodluck Jonathan in April 2015.