{"id":91067,"date":"2022-01-23T19:58:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T18:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=91067"},"modified":"2022-01-24T06:35:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T05:35:30","slug":"kaduna-visit-buhari-shuns-suspended-npa-md-hadiza-bala-usman-calls-her-ex-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/kaduna-visit-buhari-shuns-suspended-npa-md-hadiza-bala-usman-calls-her-ex-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna Visit: Buhari Shuns Suspended NPA MD, Hadiza Bala-Usman, Calls Her Ex MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1722752171551343406\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Contrary to speculations that the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala-Usman met with President Muhammadu Buhari on the recently concluded two-day visit to Kaduna, Pointblanknews.com authoritatively gathered that she was shunned by the President.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p>It was further gathered that attempts to get President Muhammadu Buhari&#8217;s attention immediately he alighted from the Presidential Jet upon arrival were unsuccessful as\u00a0 the President snubbed her greetings and quickly moved to the next person.<\/p>\n<p>Uncomfortable with the treatment, Hadiza immediately left the protocol line, according to a video clip seen by Pointblanknews.com<\/p>\n<p>Sources who saw first-hand what transpired told\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pointblanknews.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1643031873488000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1EnsMA09CWHFfRawqMwr1m\">pointblanknews.com<\/a>\u00a0that the suspended MD further made attempts to meet with President Buhari when he visited his Kaduna home but was also prevented after the President retired there from his inspection tour.<\/p>\n<p>Insider sources also said all efforts made by the Kaduna State governor, Nasir Elrufai to have her cleared to see the President was futile as it was rebuffed by protocol.<\/p>\n<p>The President, according to reports even referred to her as an &#8220;Ex MD&#8221; when he sited her at one of the project commissioning.<\/p>\n<p>Sources confirmed that the President\u2019s grouse against her borders on insubordination, refusal to obey Presidential directives.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com reports that Bala-Usman was suspended in May 2021 by the federal government as part of moves to \u201callow an independent audit of the accounts and remittances of the agency\u201d under her watch.<\/p>\n<p>She was accused of breaches contravening government\u2019s financial regulations regarding under-remittances by the NPA under her watch.<\/p>\n<p>In her place, Mohammed Bello Koko was appointed to head the agency in an acting capacity since then.<\/p>\n<p>Although, the panel set up by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to investigate alleged infractions by the suspended Managing Director of the NPA, is yet to submit its findings, a development suggesting that Bala-Usman may not return to her seat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to speculations that the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala-Usman met with President Muhammadu Buhari on the recently concluded two-day visit to Kaduna, Pointblanknews.com&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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