Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authourity (NPA); Ms Hadiza Balla –Usman has denied being investigated by the Presidency. She stated pointedly yesterday that neither she nor the NPA was under any scrutiny as recently alleged by one Prince Henry Nwazuruahu.
Attributing the allegation to handwork of some malicious individuals, the NPA boss said she would not succumb to their machinations, saying that the claim that she was being investigated was untrue.
She equally stressed that neither NPA nor herself as the Chief Executive has received any query or invitation for questioning from anywhere, including the Presidency.
She said: “My attention has been drawn to malicious lies being bandied around by a Prince Henry Nwazuruahu on my person. I will not be cowed or intimidated into conforming to corrupt practises of cheating the Federal Government of Nigeria of its revenues.
“I will not budge on my position on compliance to Federal Governments policies and I will not bow on my stance to rid the NPA of corrupt practises. My stand on zero tolerance for corruption and of instituting transparency, accountability and good governance into NPA operations remain firm.
“I challenge those peddling false rumours to provide evidence on my meeting with APC Chieftain and evidence to the alleged bribe; and indeed, we are open to any such investigation as we have nothing to hide.
“We have not received any such notification by the Presidency of an investigation into our financial books. No false and malicious attacks or threats to my life will stand in the way of my doing the right thing”, she stressed.
The NPA boss also hinted that in the course of her duty, she had been threatened to the point of putting her life at risk.
“I have been issued with death threats and veiled messages conveying that my life is at risk because of the stance I have taken. 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 wish to challenge the sponsors of this false lies to provide the authorship to this report, because I shall file a suit against them in the court of law for defamation of character. I wish to challenge them to bring up evidence on any such meetings with any APC Chieftain and any monies being given.”
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