President Buhari appoints another Northerner: Makes co-convener of BBOG, Hadiza Bala Usman MD of NPA

President Buhari appointed another Northerner to head a very high position in the country. Co-convener of advocacy group, Bring Back Our Girls, Hadiza Bala Usman, was made the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).

\Her appointment is effective July 11, 2016. President Buhari also appointed three persons as Executive Directors at the NPA.

They are: Mohammed Bello-Koko (Finance), Professor Idris Abubakar (Engineering) and Dr. Sekonte Davies (Marine Operations). 40 year old Hadiza Bala takes over from Habib Abdullahi. Until her appointment, Hadiza was serving as the chief of staff to the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai.