A receiver of many awards in the areas of governance, girl child education and women emancipation, Hadiza Bala Usman is Vice President (African Region) for the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH).
She is a Nigerian politician who served as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports from 2016 to 2021. She was previously the chief of staff to the Governor of Kaduna State from 2015 to 2016.
Her wide-ranging impact on many positions she held culminated in her appointment as the Chief of Staff to the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, again, the first female to be so appointed in that part of the country.
She has also pursued an aggressive 25-year port development plan that would prepare the PA for the future of the global maritime industry.
Her life and achievements are a form of inspiration to many women throughout northern Nigeria and beyond.
