Hadiza Bala Usman is a Nigerian activist and politician. She
is currently the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) as
appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday 11th of July 2016. She was
formerly the Chief of Staff for the Kaduna State Governor. Bala Usman is an
active member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Hadiza Bala Usman was
born on the 2nd of January 1976 in Zaria into the family of Yusufu Bala Usman,
a historian. Hadiza grew up close to the campus of Ahmadu Bello University,
where her father worked. Hadiza Usman holds a Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc.) in
Business Administration which she obtained from the Ahmadu Bello University
(ABU), Zaria. She later proceeded to the University of Leeds, United Kingdom
where she obtained a post graduate degree in Development Studies in the year
2009.