President Buhari appoints substantive Managing Director for NPA

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointment Mohammed Bello-Koko as the substantive Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).

The NPA General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Ibrahim Nasiru, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Tuesday.

Bello-Koko was on May 6, 2021 made the acting Managing Director of the agency when Hadiza Bala Usman was directed to handover to the most senior Executive Director after she was suspended for insubordination.

Prior to the appointment as the acting MD, Bello-Koko was the Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the parastatal.

His appointment as substantive MD takes immediate effect.