Just days after President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Dr. Maikanti Baru as the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, the Federal Government today again appointed another northerner, Ms Hadiza Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority.
A statement signed by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Yetunde Sonaike in Abuja, has said.
Others appointed were Mohammed Bello-Koko as Executive Director, Finance; Prof. Idris Abubakar, Executive Director Engineering; Dr Sekonte Davies as Executive Director, Marine Operations.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Usman, born on January 2, 1976 in Zaria, Kaduna State, has a B.Sc. Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria and a Post Graduate degree in Development Studies from University of Leeds, UK.
She worked at Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) from July 2000 to August 2004 as Enterprise Officer.
She worked for the UNDP for the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) from October 2004 to January 2008 as Special Assistant to the Minister on Project Implementation.
The new NPA boss worked as Director of Strategy of Good Governance Group, a Non-Governmental Organisation from 2011 to July 2015 before her appointment as Chief of Staff to Governor Ahmed El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, a position she held until the present appointment.
It is unfortunate that Buhari is not showing any sign that he is interested in uniting a divided nation. His lopsided appointments have been been very unhelpful.
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