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President Muhammadu Buhari had removed Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman as the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority
Usman has been replaced by Mohammed Koko, the executive director of finance and administration of the NPA.
But Ms Usman said that she was aware of her suspension from office, but has yet to receive any formal communication to that effect from the Ministry of Transport according to sources closed to her.
Usman was appointed as NPA chief in 2016 and has repeatedly propagated her reform policies that sought to redirect the organisation, which is one of the top revenue-generating entities of the Nigerian government.
Bello-Koko, was born on March 25, 1969, he is a native of Koko-Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi State.
Usman was one of the co-conveners of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG), the campaign launched after hundreds of schoolgirls were kidnapped in Chibok in Borno State
El-Rufai had earlier appointed the embattled NPA boss in 2015 as his Chief of Staff. In July 2016, Buhari appointed her as NPA MD.
