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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, reappointed Hadiza Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority for another five years.<\/p>\n

He also reconstituted the boards of the agency and that of the Transmission Company of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed these in a statement titled \u201cPresident Buhari re-appoints Hadiza Bala Usman as NPA MD, approves board members for NPA, TCN.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the statement, members of the new TCN board will oversee the selection of a new Managing Director for the organisation.<\/p>\n

It read, \u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority for an additional five-year tenure.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso approved is the reconstitution of the Non-Executive Board of the NPA, with Mr Emmanuel Olajide Adesoye (from South-west zone) as Chairman.<\/p>

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\u201cOther members of the board are Ekenyem Nwafor-Orizu (South-East zone), Akinwunmi Ricketts (South-South zone), Ghazali Mohammed Mijinyawa (North-East zone), Mustapha Amin Dutse (North-West zone), and Abdulwahab Adesina (North-Central zone).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President has equally approved board members for the Transmission Company of Nigeria who will oversee the selection of a new Managing Director for the organisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are Muhammad K. Ahmad, OON, (Chairman), Chief Henry Okolo, Imamudden Talba, Ambassador Usman Sarki, Ali Haruna, Engr. Simeone Atakulu, Zubaida Mahey Rasheed, Dr Mustapha Abiodun Akinkunmi, Engr. Oladele Amoda, and Dr Nkiru Balonwu.<\/p>\n

Other members of the TCN Board are Representatives of Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Ministry of Power, Bureau for Public Enterprise, FGN Power Company Limited, and Executive Management of TCN.<\/p>\n

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