The Governing Board of Dala Inland Dry Port, Zawaciki, Kano has appointed Barrister Hassan Bello (OON) as its Non-executive Director.
Ahmad Rufai Bello, the Head of Corporate Communications in a statement said his appointment was announced after the Board’s meeting on Tuesday at Abuja, by the Board’s Chairman, Alh Abubakar Sahabo Bawuro.
Bawuro said the appointment of Barrister Hassan Bello, an experienced legal practitioner and astute administrative guru in the shipping industry in Nigeria, is with immediate effect.
Bello was a graduate of the prestigious ABU Zaria and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982.
He later held various positions as state counsel at the Ministry of Justice, Sokoto, Legal Adviser/Company Secretary – Sokoto Investments Company Ltd.
Hassan Bello was also the Head of the Legal Dept, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, and later on as Executive Secretary/ CEO of the council.
Barrister Hassan Bello has been accredited with the formulation, execution, interfacing, and implementation of strategies that transformed the shippers’ council as the economic regulator of the Nigerian Ports industry.
Until he emerged as Director of the Board, Bello Esq had been a consultant to the Board.
Barrister Hassan Bello was conferred with the prestigious National Honour Award of the OFFICER of the ORDER of the NIGER (OON) by the former president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari in May this year.
