President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman.
TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that she was first appointed in 2016 following the sack of Habib Abdullahi whose second term was terminated by President Buhari.
No reason was given for the suspension of Bala Usman who was reappointed for another five-year tenure in January.
A source at the Ministry of Transportation, which supervises NPA, hinted that there has been no love lost between the Minister, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and Usman in recent times.
The source, who is also an aide to the Minister to DailyTrust that Amaechi has been worried over the overbearing nature of Usman.
“Yes, the MD was suspended earlier on Thursday but the minister will give full details on Friday.
“The minister and some members of staff of the ministry are presently in Jos for a programme and he is scheduled to brief the press on the issue.
“No reason was given for her suspension but I can confirm to you that she has been suspended,” he said.
Meanwhile, the president has since appointed the Director of Finance, Mohammed Koko, as acting MD while investigations into some activities of the suspended MD is on going.
While Usman said she was aware of her suspension, she said she has not received any formal letter or communication to that effect from the Ministry of Transport.