Vice-President Kashim Shettima will, on Tuesday, chair the first Hadiza Bala Usman Governance Colloquium holding at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.
According to the organisers, the event scheduled for 10am is in commemoration of the 50th birthday anniversary of the Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination and Head, Central Results Delivery Coordination Unit (CRDCU), Hadiza Bala Usman.
Renowned public policy expert, Dr. Joe Abah, will speak on the theme: “Leadership, Delivery, and the Courage to Serve.
Abah’s keynote address, according to the organisers of the event, will set the tone for a robust interrogation of the discipline and accountability required to sustain public sector performance through a panel discussion with policy and governance experts.
The panel of experts will give deeper insights into the colloquium’s theme, drawing from their extensive experience in policy formulation and institutional reforms.
Among the panelists are. Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman, Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee; Dr Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, Deputy Governor, Economic Policy, Central Bank of Nigeria;. Waziri Adio, Founder and Executive Director, Agora Policy, and Former Executive Secretary of the National Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI);. Rinsola Abiola, Director-General, Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre; and Dr. Habiba Lawal, Retired Permanent Secretary, and former Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, appointed Bala Usman as his Special Adviser on Policy and Coordination in June 2023. She also serves as the Head of the Central Results Delivery Coordination Unit.
In this capacity, she works at the forefront of coordinating government policies and driving the President’s delivery agenda across ministries and sectors.
She was appointed as Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kaduna State by former Governor Nasir el -Rufai in 2015, after which President Muhammadu Buhari appointed her as the first female Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), serving from July 2016 to February 2022.
Bala Usman co-founded the global movement #BringBackOurGirls, which raised international awareness and called for the rescue of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls in 2014.
