Tag: NPA

Bala-Usman: Amaechi drops unremitted N165bn claim, instructs panel to investigate MD for insubordination

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’Disband Investigative  Panel’, Katsina youths urge Buhari The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has made a U-turn, as the Panel of Enquiry he set up to investigate the alleged shortfall in operating surpluses by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) under the leadership of the suspended MD/CEO, Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman. It was gathered that the Panel will now probe her for insubordination, as against the earlier claim of not remitting operating surplus of N165 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CFR) account. This comes as the youths in Katsina State, under…

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“Truth will always triumph” Suspended NPA MD, Usman

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The suspended Managing Director of Nigerian Port Authority, (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, on Thursday said that the truth will always triumph. Hadiza is currently under investigation over N167 billion unremitted funds to the Federal Government purse by the panel set up by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi. However, on Thursday on her Twitter handle, she said the truth will always triumph. In a pose with Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i at the palace of the Emir of Zazzau, she captioned the photo, Eid Mubarak.Taqabbalall?hu minn? wa minkum – (May Allah accept…

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“I did not exempt Dangote Group from statutory charges”, Says Hadiza Bala-Usman

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The suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, has stated that the agency under her leadership did not exempt Dangote Group from paying statutory charges at the Onne Ports, in Rivers State. This was contained in a statement released on Wednesday by Bala-Usman, where she described the allegations of flouting NPA rules as false and mischievous. Recall that the administrative panel set up by the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to probe Usman will now focus on insubordination and not solely a case of non-remittance of N165…

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Maritime industry rattled as Bala Usman faces probe

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The suspension of Hadiza Bala-Usman as the Managing Director of Nigeria Ports Authority, (NPA), has caused a crack on the wall of the authority, leaving the maritime sector with substantial afflictions. Few days after the suspension of Bala-Usman who is currently facing a probe, the development has unsettled the NPA and the entire maritime sector. It was gathered that the removal of the erstwhile NPA boss has caused a row among various powerful blocks in the transport sector and loyalists of the Minister ofTransport, Rotimi Amaechi; the Chief of Staff,…

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Hadiza Bala-Usman: Nigerian Ports stakeholders petition EFCC, Police IG over missing N20bn under suspended MD

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Some stakeholders in the Nigerian ports have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) and the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to investigate the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman over the alleged disappearance of over N20 billion under her watch. In a petition signed by the stakeholders, Comrades Olayiwole Oke, Charles Dike and Musa Yola, the stakeholders noted that a mind-boggling N20 billion of NPAs financial transactions between 2016 and 2018 could not be traced, documented, or explained. They urged the agencies to…

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Amaechi inaugurates 7-man panel to probe suspended NPA MD, Hadiza Bala-Usman

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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, today inaugurated a seven-man Panel of Enquiry to probe the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA), Hazida Bala-Usman. The panel, according to him, is to examine and investigate the administrative policies and strategies adopted by the suspended Managing Director while at the helms and confirm compliance with extant laws and rules from 2016 till date. The minister, during the inauguration of the committee in Abuja, noted that the terms of reference of the panel include examining and investigating issues leading to…

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Scandal Probe: What is good for the Goose must be good for the Gander

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By Bala Ibrahim From all indications, the suspension of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, is likely to open a Pandoras box, that could generate more complicated problems for the government in particular, and the system in general. Pursuant to her suspension, which came without any official explanation, the suspended Hadiza seems ready to take everyone involved to the cleaners. To this effect, official memos that under normal circumstances should be kept secret, have begun circulating freely on the social media. Documents, including one…

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How Ameachi exposed Hadiza Usman to President Buhari over NPAs unremitted N165.320bn

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Fresh facts have emerged over the immediate reasons for the sack of the erstwhile Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman. According to a memo addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari that may have sealed the fate of the Kaduna state-born female activist, personally written and signed by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, the Minister complained of the inability of the NPAs management to account for the unremitted amount of N165.320 billion between 2016 to 2020. In the memo, titled: Remittance of Operating Surplus to the Consolidated…

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NPA MD sack: Here are the many sins of Hadiza Bala Usman as compiled by Shipping World magazine

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President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director/CEO of Nigeria Ports Authority, (NPA), with Mohammed Koko taking over in an Acting capacity. According to a press statement issued yesterday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu, President Buhari has approved the recommendation of the Ministry of Transportation under its minister, Rotimi Amaechi, after the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA). The President approved that the Managing Director, Hadiza Bala…

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Stakeholders challenge Buhari’s re-appointment of NPA’s MD, Hadiza Bala Usman in court

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Stakeholders in the maritime industry have challenged the re-appointment of Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman as Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA), by President Muhammadu Buhari for a second and final five-year tenure. In a suit, filed at the Federal High Court, in Lagos, the plaintiffs, led by Elder Asu Becks, Mr. Tompra Abarowe and Mr. Miebi Senge are praying that the Court set aside the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala-Usman as the NPA boss. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director…

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