The new Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman, has taken over from her predecessor, promising fidelity to best practices and zero-tolerance for corruption.....
Ms. Usman explained that the country's ports represent a critical artery of the economy, a status that makes it imperative for the operators to deliver services at the standards of the 21st century in support of President Muhammadu Buhari's agenda of economic diversity.
"We will strive for enhanced operating efficiencies to facilitate improved revenue generation and inflows into the national treasury," she said.
The new managing director explained that she will run an open-door policy that entails listening to customers, importers, exporters and other agencies working at the ports to deliver world-class services.
“We must work as a team, pursuing common goals with professionalism and diligence.
"We shall prioritize investment in primary equipment and infrastructure and services committed to by the NPA in the concession agreements to hasten clearance of imports and exports from the ports," she stated.
To function as effective regulators, Ms. Usman added, the NPA must commit to the highest standards of performance and cohesion and must uphold the most diligent work ethic and collective undertakings required to achieve results.
The daughter of the famous history teacher and public intellectual, the late Dr. Bala Usman, the new NPA boss was Chief of Staff to Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State before her appointment by President Buhari on 11 July. Ms. Usman had worked with Mr. El-Rufai when the latter was Director-General, Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) and later as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
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