Dr Amy Jadesimi is the chief executive officer of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL), a privately owned logistics and engineering facility in the Port of Lagos, Nigeria. In this interview, she speaks on some topical issues in the business sector. How did you tackle the COVID-19 challenge? The past two years have been challenging […]
More details have emerged on certain actions of Hadiza Bala-Usman, the erstwhile Managing Director of the Nigeria Port Authority, that angered the Presidency, thus culminating into her sack.
Amid numerous allegations including financial impropriety, high-handedness and cronyism, Ms Bala-Usman, who held the position since 2016, was asked to step aside for a proper audit of the NPA’s financials and investigation into her wrongdoings.
Ms Bala-Usman’s suspension, initially announced by the Presidency on Thursday, was delivered in a letter addressed to her on Friday. The panel to carry out the investigation has been set up afterwards.
But, while Nigerians await the report of the probe, credible reports have exposed different shady acts of the ousted NPA boss, including her ties with Africa’s richest, Aliko Dangote, which led to several concessions, at the expense of the government’s revenue.
Ijeoma Nwaogwugwu
BEHIND THE FIGURES By Ijeoma Nwogwugwu
Representation of women in the top echelon of media organisations is still relatively low. The Managing Director of Arise TV is one of the few women in journalism who has effectively shown their worth over the years. Nwaogwugwu was one of the pioneer staff of THISDAY Newspapers before climbing the rungs to become the paperâs executive editor. During her tenure, she demonstrated profound professional diligence. She was actively involved in the process of newspaper production. From the gathering of stories, editing, planning to when the paper finally goes to press, she knows the process like the back of her hands.