The new Managing Director of Nigeria ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Usman has been appointed by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Yetunde Sonaike in Abuja, has said.
A statement by Yetunde Sonaike on behalf of the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, said President Muhammadu Buhari made the appointment, which took effect yesterday.
Sonaike made it known that others appointed were Mohammed Bello-Koko as Executive Director, Finance; Prof. Idris Abubakar, Executive Director Engineering; Dr Sekonte Davies as Executive Director, Marine Operations.
Ms Hadiza Usman, 40 and an indigene of Kaduna State, was previously Chief of Staff to Malam Nasir El-Rufai, the current governor of that state.
She worked at Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) from July 2000 to August 2004 as Enterprise Officer.
She started her Career in June 2000 as a Research Assistant with the Centre for Democratic Development and Research Training, Zaria, a non-governmental organization.
The new NPA boss worked as Director of Strategy of Good Governance Group, a Non-Governmental Organisation from 2011 to July 2015 before her appointment as Chief of Staff to Governor Ahmed El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, a position she held until the present appointment.
