By Unini Chioma, The Nigerian Lawyer For the first time since she left office in 2021, the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, revealed in her book titled: “Stepping on Toes”, how her battle to streamline excesses in the nation’s port system cost her job. According to her, the
Most Nigerian leaders play the citizens like a game. How do you explain that a man whose negligence may have caused the under remittances of Operating Surplus at the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) leading to the current ordeal of madam Hadiza Usman is now the acting Head of the same NPA? How? Hear this: “Mr.
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has terminated its Joint Venture Agreement with a consortium led by Niger Global Engineering and Technical Company Limited (NGETCL), for not complying with the Public Procurement Act. This followed a recommendation by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) which predates the current administration which has Mrs. Hadiza
By Jonathan Ugbal The continuous delay in the dredging of Calabar Channel was caused partly by Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan whom following advice from former Transport Minister, Umar Idris allowed a company belonging to a Senator, Goodhope Uzodinma to hustle the Nigerian Ports Authority into a deal which saw it receive $12.5 million without
By Jonathan Ugbal The dredging of the Calabar Channel is currently threatened as the federal government and major stakeholders in the project are bickering over who is responsible for the delay in commencement of the project. The Managing Director (MD) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman had told the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)