Buhari reappoints Usman as NPA MD, reconstitutes boar

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, reappointed Hadiza Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority for another five years .

He also reconstituted the boards of the agency and that of the Transmission Company of Nigeria .

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity , Femi Adesina , disclosed these in a statement titled “ President Buhari re -appoints Hadiza Bala Usman as NPA MD , approves board members for NPA , TCN . ”

According to the statement , members of the new TCN board will oversee the selection of a new Managing Director for the organisation.

It read , “ President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re – appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority for an additional five – year tenure.

“ Also approved is the reconstitution of the Non -Executive Board of the NPA , with Mr Emmanuel Olajide Adesoye ( from South -west zone ) as Chairman .

“ Other members of the board are Ekenyem Nwafor -Orizu ( South – East zone ) , Akinwunmi Ricketts ( South -South zone ) , Ghazali Mohammed Mijinyawa ( North- East zone ) , Mustapha Amin Dutse ( North- West zone ) , and Abdulwahab Adesina ( North- Central zone ) .

“ The President has equally approved board members for the Transmission Company of Nigeria who will oversee the selection of a new Managing Director for the organisation .

“ They are Muhammad K . Ahmad, OON , ( Chairman ) , Chief Henry Okolo , Imamudden Talba, Ambassador Usman Sarki , Ali Haruna , Engr . Simeone Atakulu, Zubaida Mahey Rasheed, Dr Mustapha Abiodun Akinkunmi, Engr . Oladele Amoda , and Dr Nkiru Balonwu .

Other members of the TCN Board are Representatives of Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Ministry of Power , Bureau for Public Enterprise , FGN Power Company Limited , and Executive Management of TCN .