• Governors accuse minister of impunity, want suspension quashed
• Lobbyists want Koko dropped as Acting MD
• Minister appoints seven-man panel
By Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern
The suspension of the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, is causing ripples in the Presidency, The Nation can report.
Hadiza was asked to step aside on Thursday while an administrative panel examines the books of the organisation.
Although the Presidency which ordered the suspension gave no reason for its action, sources said it has to do with the alleged non-remittance of N165.3 billion surpluses of the NPA into the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) by the suspended MD.
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The sack of the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman is to give room for unfettered investigation of the organization, the presidency has said.
Earlier, The Street Journal had reported how Bala-Usman was sacked from her high profile job, and the announcement of her replacement in the person of Mohammed Kolo.
The development came following President Buhari’s approval of the recommendation of the Ministry of Transportation under Rotimi Amaechi for the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the NPA Management.
The panel is to be headed by the Director, Maritime Services of the Ministry while the Deputy Director, Legal of the same ministry will serve as Secretary.