Bala Usman Vows to Rid NPA of Corrupt Practices

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman, has stated that she will not be cowed by the orchestrated media reports aimed at tarnishing her image because of her decision to rid the authority of corruption.

In a statement yesterday, Bala Usman vowed to sustain her bid to clean up the NPA in line with the mandate given to her by President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to her, “My attention has been drawn to malicious lies being bandied around by one Prince Henry Nwazuruahu on my person. I wish to challenge him to bring up evidence on any such meeting with any All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and any monies being given.

“I wish to challenge him to provide the authorship to this report whom I shall file a suit against in the court of law for defamation of character. In the last few days, I have faced a barrage of false malicious lies against my person in the media and I know the sponsors of this. I will not budge on my position on compliance to federal government policies and I will not bow on my stance to rid the NPA of corrupt practices,” she said.

She stressed that she would not be cowed or intimidated into conforming to corrupt practices of cheating the federal government of its revenues.

She added: “I have been issued with death threats and veiled messages conveying that my life is at risk because of the stance I have taken. No false media attacks or threats to my life will stand in the way of my doing the right thing.

“Finally, we have not received any such notification by the presidency of an investigation into our financial books; and indeed we are open to any of such investigation as we have nothing to hide.”