This Thread Was Written Since 2016

Let us lauch a fierce campaign against him. So that people will stop going to that school.

Actually, that Man at Aptech Uyo is not trying!

Bottom line is, do not go to Aptech Uyo for your ICT programmes. Do not worry, I am coming to open an ICT centre at Akwa Ibom, in my home town. If Aptech does not give an official statement about this, I will know this is the norm and assume that all Aptech centres are badly managed in Nigeria. We do not need people like this.

ndoeyopbennet:
Aptech Computer Education, Uyo: The Unheard Afflictions of Staff and Student

Aptech is a global computer training institution that is headquartered in Mumbai, India. It has branches in several countries around the world and in Nigeria, it has a very solid base with about 14 centers. The Lagos center is known for its high standards. It is a popular center in the country and competes favorably with the much attended NIIT. Little is known of the Uyo center which my searchlight beams upon today. This center is managed by one Mr. Inibehe Otoho who is an alumnus of the University of Calabar. Aptech Center Uyo has attracted some students over the years, mostly for the Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering (ADSE) programme which is reputably on par with Nigeria's Higher National Diploma. The average amount students pay to fund this programme at the Uyo Center is about a million naira. The average number of students on this programme is about 20. Apart from the ADSE programme, the center runs a wide range of other certificate programmes starting from basic Microsoft Word learning to Android development, among others.

However, a keen observer to this center will quickly observe certain issues which this article raises. Firstly, for an institution that runs a programme on par with HND, there is a lack of faculty, to use Aptech's popular parlance. It is expected that an institution where advanced computer processes are learnt should be able to employ a moderate amount of lecturers, who are specialists in varying areas, to help the students. Sadly, the reality is far from normal. The center has only ONE functioning lecturer who is assisted by an uncertified recent secondary school leaver who is, unsurprisingly, the manager's son! This boy is underage for such an appointment, unqualified and I daresay, inexperienced. Besides, he is just 17 years old. My interview with this boy's students reveals that he is quite an unserious lecturer who has no practical knowledge of what he teaches and only dictates in his "classes"! The other lecturer who is active and by all means, the ONLY functioning lecturer in the institution is unmotivated and highly uncared for. His work load is extreme and he teaches basically all the programmes the institution runs only on an irregular salary of N45,000 for which he is to work to 7pm daily. This center has the wherewithal to attract and keep more staff even with its "peanut package"! Alas, there are no staff! I wonder why Middlesex University would partner with an institution with ONLY ONE QUALIFIED STAFF to award its unique ADSE certificate. This is a sham on the integrity of Middlesex University and any other affiliated institution of higher learning.

One may wonder why there is a lack of staff in Aptech Uyo center. The answer is not farfetched. Mr Inibehe Otoho refuses to pay salaries!!! For some warped reasons, he owes staff salaries up to 6 months in the most extreme cases. In the best case scenario, he pays HALF of the agreed salaries after 3 weeks of begging and negotiation. Staff members are made to resume as early as 7.30am and close as late as 6pm (best case scenario) everyday and even on Saturdays and all public holidays even though he doesn't make the staff members aware of this until they have resumed active duties. He has had altercations with ex-staff members who were frustrated and left. He hasn't paid any of the ex-staff members a dime till this very day and it is not uncommon to see them badging in to wage war over their earned salaries. The question here is simple: why employ staff and run a center if you won't pay? For some reasons, which can be summed up to greed, Mr. Inibehe subscribes to the philosophy that all his staff members are ultimately marketers and he frequently 'pushes' them to do marketing jobs which they were not employed for. This forced marketing is due to his inability to employ professional marketers and pay them. For a center that earns nothing less than N1,000,000 naira every month from students' fees, imposed levies, ICT charges, 'resit'-fees, and more exploitative and obviously unofficial fees, the pay package is terrible. The basic pay which is found in the employment letter of staff members is N40,000 while that for faculty members is N45,000. This money can be managed by most unemployed youths if the pay was consistent but sadly, Mr Inibehe deliberately refuses to pay salaries under the guise of "national economic crisis"! It is in this same economic crisis that he employs new staff members every month and organises interviews almost every week. The pattern seems to be; employ a staff, owe them until they are frustrated, sack them or they quit and delay payments of their earnings until they leave it be. This pattern has been working very fine for him over the years. The only consistent staff members in Aptech Uyo are, unsurprisingly, his family members such as his wife, son and brother. His family members seem to be the only motivated staff members in the center for reasons other staff members cannot wrap their heads around.

Apart from owing staff salaries, the staff members are also highly unmotivated. The manager is known to demoralise staff members by overusing them, underpaying them, owing them, throwing tantrums at them and inflicting damage on their psyche. I was made to understand that he actually abuses his staff members by calling them unprintable names. This point is confirmed from my interview with current and ex-staff members who wish to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. However, their identities are documented by me. His bias for his family members is evident in his swift payment of their salaries and the sugar coated words he uses to adore their hardwork and integrity over other staff members who are the Fanonian wretched of the earth in his eyes. This is from an institution that is purportedly "the best" in the Nigerian, nay, global ICT training industry.

Students are not immune from the manager's eyes of Horus. The students, upon the payment of millions for fees, are left to their fate. Any past or current student will confirm that lectures are not always held and the manager does virtually nothing about it (since, of course, he will not pay the lecturers and employ more hands). Students are dictated to like secondary school students instead of being taught and there is virtually no practicum to their learning. All the computers in the center are destroyed and the manager has refused to repair them. This has forced students to get a laptop and bring it along with them. It should be noted that most of these personal laptops lack the needed software to code, compile and debug programming/coding languages yet the students are expected to learn the languages like that. At the end of the day, students leave with a shallow theoretical knowledge of ONLY HTML as against the C#, Java, Oracle, Python, Php, Mysql and so on, that they are supposed to learn. Students pay large amounts of recurring fees after they are literally "scammed" by the center for months.

The learning environment is also in a state of squalor. There are only two classrooms and an office annex in the entire "school" and there are no obvious plans to move to a better location. The roofs are leaking in all the rooms and offices and nothing is done about them. Students protect their laptops from the rage of the rain when it rains its angst at them. The staff area is not immune from the rain's rage as well. The school has no functional toilet which remains unkempt all day. This, of course, is apart from the private toilet designated for only the manager's family and which he ensures is cleaned daily. It is only recently that the manager agreed to reconnect the center to the power grid after being cut off for, perhaps, years. There are no working fans or air conditioning systems in the school. The windows are mostly bad and there are no curtains to protect against the raging heat of the vexing sun. It is apt at this juncture to state that the institution shares a building with other anti-academic establishments like a gambling joint and this often makes students leave the learning area to gamble.

The man behind the name, Inibehe Otoho, is a very peculiar character to examine. He frequently shouts and throws invectives at students and enquirers when he falls into his frequent mood swings. He sets unreasonable targets for staff in a bid to justify his non-payment of their salaries and he has a knack for being a workaholic only when office hours are over and he always drags staff into this bout of "sudden hard work"! He frequently speaks of the joblessness that has rocked Nigerian youths and he absolves himself from his crimes to his staff under the guise of "many are looking for jobs, you already have one!" He sometimes uses uncouth language at staff as a means of beating their psyche. Staff members are even unable to seek for new jobs because of the lack of free time to do so. There are no overwork benefits, bonuses, severance packages, leave allowances, and other staff welfare packages. Once a new month clocks, he disappears to avoid the question on everyone's lips "when are we receiving salaries, sir?"! After a week or two, he resurfaces and sets new target while blaming the "Buhari economy" for his inability to pay! It is simple for staff members to quit and move on but they often realise this when they have worked for, at least, a month! Mr. Inibehe will not pay them for that month that the enslaved staff members have worked. This is his ultimate undoing. Staff members change faces month in, month out and this has a drastic effect on the students especially as the offices of the secretary, counsellor, faculty and receptionist are concerned. Aptech Center, Uyo is always employing on Jobberman and unsuspecting applicants from far and near fall prey to Mr. Otoho's misogynist machinations.

On my first encounter with this center and the conditions which staff and students are made to suffer, I asked the question; what is the headquarters doing about this? It seems that this center lacks any form of supervision or overarching authority whatsoever. I was touched by the plight of staff and decided to undertake an underground investigation, the product of which forms the foregoing. Some of the members of staff are owed as much as 3-6 months and when they call to ask for their earnings, he is known to throw invectives at them and call them names that no sane human should ever utter. At the end, the staff members are frustrated and give up, even on their salaries. This is a great injustice which no one should bear. Mr. Inibehe should pay salaries and if there is no money to run the center, shut it down and start a new business. It is better than using people, dumping them and frustrating their lives. I took this cause and my findings cannot all be written within the confines of this article. Other articles on this issue should be expected from me. I contacted the said manager and he, unsurprisingly, ignored all means to resolve the issues amicably.

I plead with Aptech Worldwide and its centers everywhere to intervene in the plight of staff and students in the Uyo center before this issue gets out of hand. I have already began the process of filing a lawsuit against the company and I have asked for the payment of damages to the aggrieved staff members. I am in the process of locating frustrated ex-staff members and connect with them for this common cause. I have also met with some students who have paid fees and have not been taught or attended to for months. It is hoped that this sham of an institution will come to public glare and the evils of Mr. Inibehe Otoho, unveiled like the Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin of old.



- Ndoeyop Bennet, a journalist and human rights advocate, writes from Ukanafun, Akwa Ibom.



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Lalasticlala

first of it ain't nice to come Online and spoil another's business, if yhur stating a case,give evidence, concrete evident not all this bullshit,how a person chooses to run his business is totally his business, how much his staff are paid and the number of staff he employed is none of yhur business.

As for those screenshots yhu shared as an app developer,that can easily be manipulated,more like generated, a simple way is to use Photoshop.

For all we know yhur evidence is fabricated,without names and faces its bullshit.

There is an app called YAZZY, its what all this bloggers use to generate automated chat screenshots like the ones yhu shared.

Give names and faces not automated shit.

chalantmike:
first of it ain't nice to come Online and spoil another's business, if yhur stating a case,give evidence, concrete evident not all this bullshit,how a person chooses to run his business is totally his business, how much his staff are paid and the number of staff he employed is none of yhur business.

As for those screenshots yhu shared as an app developer,that can easily be manipulated,more like generated, a simple way is to use Photoshop.

For all we know yhur evidence is fabricated,without names and faces its bullshit.

There is an app called YAZZY, its what all this bloggers use to generate automated chat screenshots like the ones yhu shared.

Give names and faces not automated shit.

Nigeria is full of morons who will always defend evil doers

9 good months since this thread was created while Tonto dike and Suleiman 's threads keep gracing Frontpage. Well done to the mods.

OP, was Middlesex University ever contacted directly? As well as the Aptech head office? They can't be expected to know all that is going on in the day to day running in Uyo.

So if they no call the mods countless times this for no reach fp...

chalantmike:
first of it ain't nice to come Online and spoil another's business, if yhur stating a case,give evidence, concrete evident not all this bullshit,how a person chooses to run his business is totally his business, how much his staff are paid and the number of staff he employed is none of yhur business.

As for those screenshots yhu shared as an app developer,that can easily be manipulated,more like generated, a simple way is to use Photoshop.

For all we know yhur evidence is fabricated,without names and faces its bullshit.

There is an app called YAZZY, its what all this bloggers use to generate automated chat screenshots like the ones yhu shared.

Give names and faces not automated shit.

You amaze me with your level of thinking. How is exposing a man who is owing people that have earned the money by working so hard a bad thing? His ways, his business but it becomes our business when he decides to use people (students and staff) like trash.

chalantmike:
first of it ain't nice to come Online and spoil another's business, if yhur stating a case,give evidence, concrete evident not all this bullshit,how a person chooses to run his business is totally his business, how much his staff are paid and the number of staff he employed is none of yhur business.

As for those screenshots yhu shared as an app developer,that can easily be manipulated,more like generated, a simple way is to use Photoshop.

For all we know yhur evidence is fabricated,without names and faces its bullshit.

There is an app called YAZZY, its what all this bloggers use to generate automated chat screenshots like the ones yhu shared.

Give names and faces not automated shit.

And in all these, what do I stand to gain in lying against someone? Money? What exactly?

What of those who have come here to testify? Did I use Yazzy for that too?

Before you say things that hurt others, always think of their pains.

This is a man that employs people, uses them for months and doesn't pay. When they complain, he sacks them. What if this happened to you or someone you know?

Sometimes, you have to be open minded and stop supporting evil. There is no sane person who would support the evil this man is doing. This post has been online since 2016. What material gain have I made so far?

As for proof, I have plenty of people ready to verbally testify against the man. If you need them, just say the word and I'll give you their FB names to ask them yourselves.

Thank God you called that sham of a school a "business" because that's what it is.

P.S: You didn't have to quote the entire post to make your point.

chalantmike:
first of it ain't nice to come Online and spoil another's business, if yhur stating a case,give evidence, concrete evident not all this bullshit,how a person chooses to run his business is totally his business, how much his staff are paid and the number of staff he employed is none of yhur business.

As for those screenshots yhu shared as an app developer,that can easily be manipulated,more like generated, a simple way is to use Photoshop.

For all we know yhur evidence is fabricated,without names and faces its bullshit.

There is an app called YAZZY, its what all this bloggers use to generate automated chat screenshots like the ones yhu shared.

Give names and faces not automated shit.

we know you've been brainwashed but continue.
2,3,3,4,5,6 different people,diff account and different locations gave their ordeal and you still come out to defend your slave master isn't it?
Tell that ur oga apteck or whatever to change his ways,those he used,abused,threatened and harassed are not fool.
They don't want to steal,
They want to better their lives
They want to feed and take care of their families.
If you and that your useless oga don't change your ways, THIS BELOW will be yours all the days of your lives

ephi123:
9 good months since this thread was created while Tonto dike and Suleiman 's threads keep gracing Frontpage. Well done to the mods.

OP, was Middlesex University ever contacted directly? As well as the Aptech head office? They can't be expected to know all that is going on in the day to day running in Uyo.

I didn't contact Middlesex but I sent a series of emails to the head office. I NEVER got any response. I sent emails to even the branches, managers, heads, etc, they never responded. This got me thinking that they may be working together in this or they just choose ot ignore it because he's remitting their share of the tuition to them.

I'll send an email to Middlesex right away. It initially skipped my mind.

Since the thread was created till now, I've been trying to get the man to pay the concerned staff but he brought a cheap lawyer and involved DSS to threaten the ex-staff to back out. We are still trying to look for diplomatic means but this post is important to deter people from falling prey to this scam. We will file a case at the industrial court soonest. We are looking for volunteer lawyers to help for now.

ndoeyopbennet:


I didn't contact Middlesex but I sent a series of emails to the head office. I NEVER got any response. I sent emails to even the branches, managers, heads, etc, they never responded. This got me thinking that they may be working together in this or they just choose ot ignore it because he's remitting their share of the tuition to them.

I'll send an email to Middlesex right away. It initially skipped my mind.

Since the thread was created till now, I've been trying to get the man to pay the concerned staff but he brought a cheap lawyer and involved DSS to threaten the ex-staff to back out. We are still trying to look for diplomatic means but this post is important to deter people from falling prey to this scam. We will file a case at the industrial court soonest. We are looking for volunteer lawyers to help for now.

Very good step. This thread is creating awareness so other people don't fall prey which is key, but definitely also important to get redress for the victims.

If possible, when contacting Middlesex University I would recommend formal letters (with all evidence documented) in addition to emails. I would also suggest getting it out to the media / newspapers, and possibly the state government too.

For Aptech, if you can get the name of the global CEO, you can also reach out to him/her via LinkedIn.

Pls I'm ready to also connect u with my gud frnd,st worked with them n left frustrated when he wasn't paid. And he came in from portharcourt to search for a house in uyo ,dt period he had to stay with me to search n after all dt palava no salary.indeed inibege is a wicked fellow n you centre should be closed down. #Aptechuyoshouldbe closedown#

See the thread I created about him in 2012

https://www.nairaland.com/1073446/having-cheat-liar-boss

Hopefullandlord, can't mail you, let's talk here

Why crucify a man before hearing his side of the story?

This is character assassination.

In a sane country where the Judiciary works, this writer could be in for it!

Hmm.. things dey happen sha

chalantmike:
first of it ain't nice to come Online and spoil another's business, if yhur stating a case,give evidence, concrete evident not all this bullshit,how a person chooses to run his business is totally his business, how much his staff are paid and the number of staff he employed is none of yhur business.

As for those screenshots yhu shared as an app developer,that can easily be manipulated,more like generated, a simple way is to use Photoshop.

For all we know yhur evidence is fabricated,without names and faces its bullshit.

There is an app called YAZZY, its what all this bloggers use to generate automated chat screenshots like the ones yhu shared.

Give names and faces not automated shit.

Uncle, just shut up if you don't have anything reasonable to say..

cant employees just gather and beat any greedy salary owing boss? e taya me o

Babalegba:
Nigeria is full of morons who will always defend evil doers

I swear. I am shocked

Dee60:

Why crucify a man before hearing his side of the story?

This is character assassination.

In a sane country where the Judiciary works, this writer could be in for it!

Bro this is no character assassination.... We have gotten so much testimony here to believe he's guilty.....the problem is no one has opposed him all this while......thanks op for making us know hw to evade dis scam of a man in the future...

chalantmike:
first of it ain't nice to come Online and spoil another's business, if yhur stating a case,give evidence, concrete evident not all this bullshit,how a person chooses to run his business is totally his business, how much his staff are paid and the number of staff he employed is none of yhur business.

As for those screenshots yhu shared as an app developer,that can easily be manipulated,more like generated, a simple way is to use Photoshop.

For all we know yhur evidence is fabricated,without names and faces its bullshit.

There is an app called YAZZY, its what all this bloggers use to generate automated chat screenshots like the ones yhu shared.

Give names and faces not automated shit.

O God, another fool has been spotted here....
In the words of Abraham Lincoln " it is better to keep silent and be assumed a fool than to speak and clear all doubt"........u haven't made any reasonable sense bro.....Oya receive sense

Inibehe
Mmu kid anying mi
Afo ke ado
Is ok
Is ok
U must be a bastard
Common goan pay ppl their money

Dee60:

Why crucify a man before hearing his side of the story?

This is character assassination.

In a sane country where the Judiciary works, this writer could be in for it!

Character assassination?

I am always ready for any lawsuit because all I said here is true, God knows. People have authenticated my write up as you can see.

I even need him to file a lawsuit so that his cocoon of lies and deceit would be opened once and for all.


Besides, what do you mean by his own side of the story? Employing people, using them for months at a go without pay and when they complain, he sacks them without pay (and I mean everyone -not a selected few-). Is that how things are done in developed nations?

Mr Inibehe Otoho has no side of any story to tell. What is happening here and what is left to happen to him are a product of the seeds he has sown over the years.

I think this nonsense attitude of bosses is more prevalent in Uyo. It's like a trend.

As for this Aptech issue, please ensure to pursue it to the last.

He uses people's money to send his child to Topfaith, one of the best and most expensive schools in Akwa Ibom, yet he deprives others of the opportunity to learn. May he reap what he sows.

Pls contact the human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong. He may at least help with advice even if he doesn't take up the case.

rebeccausoro:
So this man matter don reach nairaland abi.

I have a friend that he has duped with his employment format.

As far as I am concerned, he should be behind jail. I can vividly remember how he treated Brian, my former bf who left Abia State and got a job in this scam of a coy.
Brian left everything behind and arrived Uyo with only enough money to rent a one room apartment without furniture with the hope that he'd be paid at the end of the month so that he can kick-start his life. Brian was even posting pictures of himself in office on Facebook and everyone was congratulating him.
One month passed and Brian was asking me to borrow him 20k that he'll pay me back when his Oga pays him. Two months passed and Brian said he hasn't been paid. I even had to give him extra 10k so that he can manage.
Brian was even telling me of how the man sacked other people without pay and how those who came asking for their pay were treated. At the end, Brian stayed there for 3 months and he wasn't paid. He even begged the man to give him as little as 5k to eat but the man said there's no money even though students are paying fees and his children are in the most expensive schools in Akwa Ibom.
Till today, Brian has not been paid. The room he rented was wasted. The money he spent in Uyo was wasted. The man didn't even show any sign of concern and Brian had to leave the Uyo. Thinking about this alone has made me sad and angry.


May God punish these evildoers

This is serious. Very serious

DonTim1:
i have long awaited this.

Inibehe Otoho is a Scam
Pamela Otoho the wife is another Senior and Quiet Scam
and to realize they have brought their son into it, is the height of family scam!

i worked for that coy i think 2012 or thereabout

ndoeyopbennet , what is the status of the case, i swear i will travel down from wherever to testify against this evil being

let me list some of his mode of operation


1. Employ Mr. A for Position X
- demand he performs duties as poxition Y alongside X
- owe him first two months (this is intentional,cos if you decide to leave, he wins having owed u two months)
- increase work duration of Mr. A. beyond the agreed time
- delay issuance of appointment / employment letter
- sack staff when he becomes "too demanding" of his/ her own hard earned money

that guy is a beast, he ruined the careers of many young students while i was there, those guys pay up to a million bucks, you will be surprised there isn't a serviceable generator in the premise, at some point class could not hold cos he couldn't afford to buy fuel even @N65 per little.

Dont be fooled by the wife's supposed candour, she's in on it. that guy runs an organized scam, he even has as part of his team, some broke arse lawyers. His own brother the tall slim one left him, only nyekere stayed cos he couldnt do anything with his life without him, nyekere is the most owed staff at that place.

Inibehe's problem is that he likes to live beyond his means, he lives in a serviced estate, wants his children to go to the best schools, drives the best car at the expense of innocent student and faculty. he will forever live to remember me cos i stood up to him every time he plays his games, i had to resign before he could even sack me,

i wrote a letter to one of the Indians, informing him about inibehe's activities in the name of Aptech but i received no response. i think they are in on it it too.

if i continue to talk ehn!.

i even wanted to sue him after i settled in life but because of my job type, it would look like am using "power" but let anyone do so, i will travel down to testify. i need that guy to rot in hell! very bright minds he killed with his ways at ACE Uyo.

Anytime this case get to the court, please send me a PM from here. Aptech Uyo is a scam. Would be testifying as an ex-student. Got proofs. Cheers.

Cc: ndoeyopbennet

samuelson06:


Anytime this case get to the court, please send me a PM from here. Aptech Uyo is a scam. Would be testifying as an ex-student. Got proofs. Cheers.

Cc: ndoeyopbennet

sure thing.

megareal:
I think this nonsense attitude of bosses is more prevalent in Uyo. It's like a trend.
Pls contact the human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong. He may at least help with advice even if he doesn't take up the case.

his relative

@ndoeyopbennet
This scammer should be reported to law enforceful agencies asap
I think his days are numbered...

@ ndoeyopbennet
You as the op of this page don't give names,yhu offered screenshots with blurred out names. And that is not reliable,your paragraphs were lengthy,which shows that this is a personal issue for yhu than professional.

Good thing name and faces are coming out,that is what yhu need,not screenshots.

How he runs that institute is his business, it will crepple in time.

I admitted and apologize for not read the whole thread at first,don't blame me,I just scanned and assumed this is another defaming post,with those blogger like screenshots, that can easily be automated.

So sorry carry on the good deed.

Yhu get more n more people to come out n talk with names and faces,carry em to other social network, that institute is done for.