Also appointed to NPA are: Mohammed Bello-Koko Executive Director (Finance), Prof. Idris Abubakar Executive Director (Engineering), Dr. Sekonte Davies Executive Director (Marine Operations).
Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman was appointed Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kaduna State in July 2015, a position she held until her present appointment.
Ms Usman, 40, is the founder Bring Back Our Girls Campaign and will become the first female chief executive of a top grade federal government agency and of the NPA.
She takes over from Alhaji Habib Abdullahi, who was reinstated by Buhari in August 2015 as the managing director of NPA, after he had been sacked by former President Goodluck Jonathan in April 2015.