Suspended NPA MD, Hadiza Bala Usman and President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the recommendation of Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi for an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to probe the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
Special Assistant to the president on Media, Garba Shehu made the announcement Thursday night in a statement.
The President also approved that the Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman step aside while the investigation is carried out.
Mohammed Koko, the Executive Director of Finance and Administration will act in the position. The 52-year- old, a former banker, is from Kebbi State.
The panel is to be headed by the Director, Maritime Services, Transport Ministry, while the Deputy Director, Legal of the same ministry will serve as Secretary.
Hadiza Bala Usman: What to know about di Nigerian Ports Authority MD and why Buhari suspend am
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For statement signed by di tok-tok pesin to di presidency, Garba Shehu, he say; President Muhammadu Buhari approve di recommendation of di Ministry of Transportation under Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi for di setting up of Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate di Management of di Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA.
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Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said this was to allow for an administrative panel of inquiry to investigate the “management”.
All members of the panel were appointed by Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transportation who supervises NPA.
Curiously, only Bala Usman, who had been having a cold battle with Amaechi, was asked to step aside, effectively suggesting that she, and not the management, is the target of the investigation.
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To act as MD is Mohammed Koko, who was the Zenith Bank accounts officer to Rivers state government when Amaechi was governor.
Koko was appointed executive director of NPA in 2016 when Amaechi became minister. He is in charge of finance and admin, a logical target for the probe, given that the allegations to be investigated fall directly under his department.
â¢Appoints Koko as acting MD
â¢Orders probe of agency
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechiâs two-year plot to shove aside Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman, materialised last night as President Muhammadu Buhari approved his request to suspend her with immediate effect.
A late-night statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said her suspension would allow a panel of inquiry set up by the federal government to investigate the management of the agency to carry out its task without hindrance.
The president approved the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Koko to act for Bala-Usman.
EXCLUSIVE: How Buhari, Amaechi violated govt. policy in suspending NPA MD, Hadiza Usman
Federal Government insiders are raising due process concerns in the suspension of NPA boss, Hadiza Bala Usman, who was axed Thursday.
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority,
Hadiza Bala Usman, was not queried, nor was she made aware of the allegations against her management prior to her suspension by President Muhammadu Buhari,
Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Thursday night announced that Mr Buhari had approved the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, to set up an administrative panel of inquiry to investigate Ms Usman’s management of the NPA.