{"id":32061,"date":"2021-05-10T17:44:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=32061"},"modified":"2021-05-10T17:44:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:44:43","slug":"it-is-defamatory-and-mischievous-suspended-npa-md-reacts-to-reports-of-awarded-ports-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/10\/it-is-defamatory-and-mischievous-suspended-npa-md-reacts-to-reports-of-awarded-ports-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"It is defamatory and mischievous – Suspended NPA MD reacts to reports of awarded ports contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has reacted to media reports that she\u00a0solely awarded ports contract during her tenure.<\/p>\n

This reaction was contained in a statement signed by Hadiza Bala Usman on Sunday, May 9, 2021.<\/p>\n

Usman described such reports as \u201cirresponsible, mischievous and defamatory\u201d.<\/p>\n

Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari last week approved the suspension of Bala Usman as the\u00a0managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)<\/a> <\/strong>and approved the appointment of Mohammed Koko pending the outcome of an investigation into the maritime sector.<\/p>\n

Bala Usman said the NPA has an executive management team, which always considers and takes business decisions on all assets of the NPA in the best interest of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo claim that I singlehandedly awarded a contract in my capacity as Managing Director, is, therefore, irresponsible, mischievous, and defamatory,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe report also mischievously lumped the now expired service boat contract<\/a> between the NPA and the Integrated Logistics Services\u2019 (INTELs), which took off in 2007 with a review of a ten-year extension in 2011 to culminate in expiration in August 2020 with the lease under discussion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe service boat contract expired through the effluxion of time and the Authority initiated a procurement process in which INTELs participated in line with all extant laws.\u201d<\/p>\n

Explaining her position on the Onne berths 9, 10 and 11, Bala Usman said the NPA offered these berths to INTELs in 2013 without any contractual agreement even though the offer letter required that the company should pay rent to the Authority for the use of the berths.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2018, the Authority realised that INTELs had neither been making these payments for five years nor putting the berths to optimal use,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Authority then wrote INTELs to request for the payment of the arrears of monies that were unpaid and expand the utilisation of the facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the continued under-utilisation of the facility, the fact that there was no contractual agreement with INTELs from the outset and the urgent need to decongest the ports in Lagos, the Authority offered the berths to an internationally renowned container handling company, Messers International Container Terminal Nigerian Limited (ICTNL) for the use of the berths for container cargo discharging.<\/p>\n

\u201cICTNL has signed a contract for the lease of the berths with the Authority and has commenced the installation of container handling equipment when INTELS instituted a court action challenging the withdrawal of the offer. That case is still in court!<\/p>\n

Bala Usman also refuted allegations that she was involved in a \u201cclandestine ploy to shortchange a company\u201d in favour of Africa\u2019s richest man, Aliko Dangote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis report is false, without any foundation and a figment of some wild imagination of the news platform,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also note the insinuation of a non-existent monetary transfer between Alhaji Dangote and I during the 2015 elections. As I told People\u2019s Gazette when I was approached about this story, no such transaction occurred.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving gone through the trouble to give this explanation, I demand that Sahara Reporters publish this rebuttal and give it the same measure of prominence given to the false story, which runs against all known ethics of journalism.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has reacted to media reports that she\u00a0solely awarded ports contract during her tenure. This reaction was contained in a statement signed by Hadiza Bala Usman on Sunday, May 9, 2021. Usman described such reports as \u201cirresponsible, mischievous and defamatory\u201d. 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