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Amaechi Fights Hadiza Usman Over N600 Billion Contracts

Fresh facts have emerged why Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman was suspended by Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.

Insiders told us that the minister fell out with the NPA boss over $1.5 billion (N600 billion) channels contracts.

Insiders added that the channels contracts are Lagos, Port Harcourt (Bonny) and Warri, while Calabar is under litigation, with each valued at “$100 million a year for five years making it $1.5 billion (N600 billion) for the three channels for the five years.”

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We gathered that Amaechi cancelled the three bid rounds for the NPA contracts in 2019, with the NPA placing another advertisement last year calling for expression of interest and NPA rejected Amaechi’s request for two Chinese companies to manage Bonny and Warri Channels out of 25 and 18 companies that submitted technical bids, respectively.

Our sources revealed that at the end of the bidding process, three companies were shortlisted for Bonny and Warri, while two were selected out of 12 companies that submitted bids for the Lagos channel.

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We were told that Amaechi wrote a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting that INTELS pilotage contract, which expired last year, be restored and Hadiza Usman, in a letter to the Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari to the President had explained that the INTELS pilotage contract was not cancelled but had expired.

She also clarified that the NPA, contrary to claims, still has three contracts with INTELS, which include the concession agreement for Onne Terminal A and B in Rivers State-commenced in 2005 and ending in 2030; the concession agreement for Calabar Terminal A in Calabar Port, Rivers State and concession for Warri New and Old Terminal, Delta Port, Delta State.