{"id":7097,"date":"2022-04-16T18:29:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T18:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=7097"},"modified":"2022-04-16T18:29:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T18:29:19","slug":"ex-npa-md-hadiza-bala-usman-attacked-for-asking-for-chibok-girls-release-after-sack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=7097","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NPA MD, Hadiza Bala Usman Attacked For Asking For Chibok Girls\u2019 Release After Sack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hadiza Bala,<\/a>\u00a0sacked managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has continued to come under intense criticism for her statement lamenting the ongoing insecurity crises in Nigeria, THE WITNESS reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hadiza spoke in the context of the commemoration of eight years after the Chibok girls were abducted in Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists.<\/p>\n

The former NPA chief was suspended in May 2021 over the allegation of failure to remit the N165 billion operating surplus to the coffers of the federal government. Though she was later cleared of the allegations, President Buhari, however, did not reinstate her to office.<\/p>\n

In recent times, several states in the country, including Kaduna, Plateau, Zamfara, Benue and others, have witnessed large number of terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n

The volatile security situation made northern elders demand the immediate resignation of President Buhari.<\/p>\n

Hadiza, who reacted through her verified Twitter handle, condemned the situation and demanded swift actions from the government to secure the release of victims.<\/p>\n

According to her: \u201cIt is eight years today since 276 girls were abducted in Chibok Secondary School, 109 still remain in captivity. Many more girls, boys and indeed citizens of all ages have been abducted from schools, communities and while enroute journeys,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Usman, a co-coordinator of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, which came to life on the heels of the Chibok abductions had been very active in the movement\u2019s activities until she was appointed the managing director of the NPA.<\/p>\n

She had thereafter gone silent on issues around activism, or matters critical of the government.<\/p>\n

She was, however, recently shown the way out of the appointment after a fallout with the minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.<\/p>\n

*Her comments have however sparked criticisms, with some Nigerians labeling her as a \u2018shameless hypocrite\u2019 and fresh attention seeker for not speaking out while she was in office as NPA*<\/p>\n

See some of the reactions below:<\/p>\n

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I often get confused with Hausa names\u2026is this the same NPA lady? The name seems rather familiar but this tweet is rather off so\u2026can anyone help a brother clarify cos\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

@iche_adele<\/em>
\nIf you ask me na who I go ask? Me sef confuse pass you!<\/em><\/p>\n

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@jofamilugba\u00a0<\/em>
\nThey have come back from wherever they went to. Ekaabo ma, se daadaa le de, se oko o je epo?<\/em><\/p>\n

Adamu Mohammed Audu @Engr_Amab\u00a0<\/em>
\nBefore then the Person not in charged thought that if given the chance will rescue them and even secure the Country to be one of the most safest and peaceful nation bcos of his military background but reverse is the case!<\/em><\/p>\n

Madridista\u2014Abdlwahab @TheMrnass Replying to<\/em>
\nIt\u2019s 8 years today since 276 girls were abducted in Chibok Sec Sch, 109 still remain in captivity. Many more girls,boys and indeed citizens of all ages have been abducted from schools, communities and while enroute on journeys\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Soymeal nkutehogan<\/em>
\nNo be NPA woman be this???<\/em><\/p>\n

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Advocate @achemejnr<\/em><\/p>\n

Chibok! The bring back campaign gave your popularity and negotiation power to NPA then it became abandoned project. Aside chibok, zamfara, kaduna etc, then the recent train attack. People are still in captivity. Chibok is special because it was a propaganda machinery for APC.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nelson Ekujumi @nekujumi<\/em>
\nMay God intervene in their case and cause confusion in the camp of agents of darkness so that they can be set free<\/em><\/p>\n

Ene Odaudu @OdauduEne<\/em>
\nAfter chibok we had dapchi, kankara, greenfield, baptist, islamiyya boy in Niger stay, and alot I can\u2019t remember . I just say let me remind you because while you were eating it seems you forgot.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Madridista\u2014Abdlwahab @TheMrnass<\/em>
\nIt\u2019s 8 years today since 276 girls were abducted in Chibok Sec Sch, 109 still remain in captivity. Many more girls,boys and indeed citizens of all ages have been abducted from schools, communities and while enroute on journeys\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Soymeal\u00a0 @nkutehogan<\/em>
\nNo be NPA woman be this???<\/em><\/p>\n

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Advocate\u00a0 @achemejnr<\/em>
\nChibok! The bring back campaign gave your popularity and negotiation power to NPA then it became abandoned project. Aside chibok, zamfara, kaduna etc, then the recent train attack. People are still in captivity. Chibok is special because it was a propaganda machinery for APC.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nelson Ekujumi @nekujumi<\/em>
\nMay God intervene in their case and cause confusion in the camp of agents of darkness so that they can be set free<\/em><\/p>\n

Ene Odaudu @OdauduEne<\/em>
\nAfter chibok we had dapchi, kankara, greenfield, baptist, islamiyya boy in Niger stay, and alot I can\u2019t remember . I just say let me remind you because while you were eating it seems you forgot\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dr. onDioess (Supreme Commander Federal Republic) @onDioess<\/em><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t Gerrit forgerit, this is methodology for shopping for a post-2023 appointment. It worked before, and we are hoping it will work again, hence the tweet\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fredrick @supa_nuel<\/em>
\nIts hard to criticize someone who u know ur next meal is coming from them. Welcome back, enjoy the ride<\/em><\/p>\n

ms.ubandoma @mustaphaubandom<\/em><\/p>\n

And government is not doing anything to protect live and property of it\u2019s people, urgent solutions is required from the present administration.<\/em><\/p>\n

goodybag @o9ices<\/em>
\nI no just know the kind memory when you get o, e belike say na backward forwarding type \u00a0Abuja-Kaduna train no fresh reach for your eye. Shameful<\/em><\/p>\n

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MB Yusuf @balaraabe<\/em>
\nSo you now rember say chibok girls are still in captivity and forget about the matter while you were the NPA Boss ko. To ayi dai mugani in tusa zata hura wuta.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mazi Okeke @okekepolice<\/em>
\nMadam chop-&-cleanmouth, you have resumed your activism after a long break to partake of the juicy national cake. Happy resumption sha !!<\/em><\/p>\n

MB Yusuf \u00a0@balaraabe<\/em>
\nSo you now rember say chibok girls are still in captivity and forget about the matter while you were the NPA Boss ko. To ayi dai mugani in tusa zata hura wuta.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mazi Okeke @okekepolice<\/em><\/p>\n

Madam chop-&-cleanmouth, you have resumed your activism after a long break to partake of the juicy national cake. Happy resumption sha !!<\/em><\/p>\n

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yodike @yodike \u2013 Welcome back\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Mallam Abdulrahman @Abdoul_SU<\/em>
\na ma wa ogah magana a maida mata da NPA<\/em><\/p>\n

OLUWALOMUYIWA@muyi_technologi<\/em><\/p>\n

What about the money you looted in NPA? Have you returned it yet<\/em><\/p>\n

Sarah @Sarah184356101<\/em><\/p>\n

I dnt know y dis innocent woman is recieving negative vibe from all angles<\/em><\/p>\n

Ugonnaya @jupoce<\/em><\/p>\n

Is parody account or for real, I want to find out something<\/em><\/p>\n

Musa Abdu @mousaabdou<\/em>
\nWe never heard your voice for these girls when you were in power serving but now after you had been stripped off your appointment. Are for the girls or yourself?<\/em><\/p>\n

\ud835\udd39\ud835\udd52\ud835\udd52\ud835\udd5d-\u2119\ud835\udd56\ud835\udd63\ud835\udd52\ud835\udd6b\ud835\udd5a\ud835\udd5e @ohenkay<\/em><\/p>\n

You didn\u2019t remember when u were looting left, right and centre for them and for yourself as NPA boss. Animal talk.<\/em><\/p>\n

Liquid @Mefoh_<\/em>
\nMadam woke up after her plate was removed.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Ochogwu Aduojo.\u00a0B@gr8tbarn<\/em><\/p>\n

Ha , u finally found your voice. May be it was lost to cough and catarrh but thank God for the healing.<\/em>
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\nSulayman Sulayman\u00a0Jisambo@SJisambo<\/em><\/p>\n

What are you trying to say dear Ma.?<\/em><\/p>\n

Obinali @nkomekwuru<\/em>
\nDo you want to resuscitate #BBOG after cashing out big time with plight of the girls. Allah will judge you.<\/em><\/p>\n

funom @FunomSamuel<\/em><\/p>\n

So you now remember them abi? Mstwwwwww no appointment so you can tlk now<\/em><\/p>\n

MN Yahya @manmufty<\/em>
\nWia was dis voice like 2 yrs ago. Dis activism na correct hustle in disguise<\/em><\/p>\n

Major -General Muhammad Abdul @muhammadtajude7@suums_<\/em>
\nIf you had tweeted this some two years ago \u2026 it\u2019s would have made sense \u2026 but now you are making mockery of your self \u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n

Aliyu Umar @Ualiyu_dl @hadizabalausman<\/em>
\nPlease don\u2019t embarrass your self #@Hadiza Bala Usman. This is not the right time for this.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hadiza Bala,\u00a0sacked managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has continued to come under intense criticism for her statement lamenting the ongoing insecurity crises in Nigeria, THE WITNESS reports. Hadiza spoke in the context of the commemoration of eight years after the Chibok girls were abducted in Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists. The former […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4249,199,4248,443,142],"class_list":["post-7097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-attack","tag-chibok-girls","tag-ex-npa-md","tag-hadiza-bala-usman","tag-sack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7099,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097\/revisions\/7099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}