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BuhariManaging Director, Nigerian Ports Authority· 12 July 2016 — 6 May 2021 (suspended)

Hadiza Bala Usman

Youngest and first female MD of NPA. Suspended pending audit; cleared of personal wrongdoing.

The record

Bala Usman (b. 2 January 1976) raised NPA's monthly remittance to the CRF and renegotiated the lease terms for the western ports. Suspended in May 2021 over an N165bn revenue-remittance query; the subsequent administrative panel did not find personal liability.

Sources

  • Presidential Letter of Appointment, 12 July 2016
  • Bashir Jamoh Administrative Panel Report, August 2021
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.