THE CABLE
Hadiza Bala Usman, former managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), says President Muhammadu Buhari informed her that Rotimi Amaechi had twice called for her ouster from the agency.
Usman wrote about her experience as NPA boss in her newly released book titled ‘Stepping on Toes: My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority’.
She was appointed the NPA MD in 2016 but left the agency amid controversies with Amaechi, the former minister of transportation.
She was accused of ignoring ministerial directives and communicating directly with Buhari. She was replaced with Mohammed Bello-Koko in 2022.
In the book, Usman said she met with the president after the #EndSARS protest and the commotion that followed it. She said she was informed that the minister had called for her sack “on two occasions”.
The ex-NPA boss added that Buhari told her of his intention to keep her until the end of his administration despite Amaechi’s insisting otherwise.
Usman also asked the president to reconstitute the agency’s board, pointing him to the zonal imbalance in the initial appointments…
