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kahal29:
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described Saturday’s judgement of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that overturned the election of Gov. Nyesom Wike of the PDP as a deadly body blow to impunity and hooliganism.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the judgement has shown clearly that the era of impunity and hooliganism is over, and that the only way for elections to have legitimacy is for them to be free, fair and credible.

”What has come across from this judgement is that there is no shortcut to free, fair and credible elections. This is part of the wind of change that is blowing across the land and touching all arms of government under the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

”Elections are about the expression of the will of the people, and they must always be free to express themselves, irrespective of what some desperate politicians may feel,” it said.

APC said politicians, especially those seeking or occupying elective office, must realize that they can only derive their legitimacy from the people, and that unless they respect the wishes of the people, they will not go far.

The party hailed its governorship candidate in Rivers, Mr. Dakuku Peterside, for his doggedness and strong conviction in the pursuit of his petition against the election of Wike that was not only marred by widespread violence and electoral malfeasance, but also acknowledged to be so by local and international observers – and now by the judiciary.

It urged all APC members and supporters in the state to remain peaceful, even in the face of provocation by those who are now realizing, to their chagrin, that there is always a limit to everything, including impunity and hooliganism.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/rivers-election-tribunal-ruling-deadly-blow-to-impunity-apc/

STFUareyouGod:
yes ooooo. With a blue screen. And it's got snake and brick games on it

Princessderaa:
patiently waiting

STFUareyouGod:
the last I bought was 1500. Can't even remember the name. It's a nice phone tho. Buy 1 get 1 free

ashmanpolo:
@EgusiSoup,
Please I need this answer urgently. Can I go to Canada through Canal?

amokeme:
Am so happy...

aresa:
The topic has nothing to do with other tribes ruling Nigeria because they have already regardless what you think about them, it's about ibo ruling Nigeria so give us a few names worthy.

disumusa:
2015 election had proved that without SE, hausa and yoruba muslim can win presidential election successfuly, so we dont need ibo suport in SW

klassic:
A former Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has written three letters on why the Senate should not stop his screening as a ministerial nominee.

He said the allegations against him were not only false but also made malafide with the intent to “solely irritate, embarrass and tarnish his hard-earned reputation.”

He said he should be presumed innocent until the contrary is proved.

He said since there are pending cases at the Federal High Court, Abuja and the Court of Appeal, any action by the Senate will be subjudice.

He asked the Senate to preserve its Standing Order which bars it from dabbling in any matter pending before a court.

Amaechi broke his silence in three separate letters to the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki,and Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions.

The letters were written by his solicitor, Edward E. Pepple.

In the letters, he asked the Senate to “discard” the petition against him by the Integrity Group and the report of the Justice G. G. Omereji Judicial Commission of Inquiry.

Citing the case of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Amaechi said the Supreme Court had emphasized that an indictment by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry or Administrative Panel is not an “indictment” or sufficient for the purpose of preventing a person from holding a public office.

The October 12 letter to Saraki (EW/GC/CRA/15/012) reads in part: “ It has informally come to our client’s attention that the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Governor of Rivers State, Chief/Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, to judicially investigate our client and probe into some transactions of the Rivers State Government undertaken during the tenure of our client has purportedly come up with a report based on which the Governor and Government of Rivers State have supposedly also issued a White Paper, wherein it has proposed that certain steps and actions should be taken against our client.

“Of course, this is clearly in defiance of the pending suit at the Court of Appeal on the issue.

“It is important to mention that our client only became aware of this situation through a news bulletin aired on both the Channels Television and the Independent African Television (AIT). Apart from those, no other form of communication has been sent to our client, whether directly or indirectly.

“As had been mentioned in our earlier letters, our client is challenging the competence and validity of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry and its powers to make any valid or binding decision or pronouncement as it relates to him. The matter is pending at the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, in suit No. CA/PH/342/2015; Between Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (claimant/appellant) and the Governor of Rivers State; Attorney General of Rivers State; Judicial Commission of Inquiry and 7 others (defendants/ respondents).

“On the 14th of July 2015, our client caused to be issued an originating summons against the Governor of Rivers State, the Attorney General of Rivers State, the Judicial Commission of Inquiry and 7 others before the High Court of Rivers State, presided over by Hon. Justice S.C. Amadi in suit No. PHC/189/2015 between Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi vs. The Governor Of Rivers State & 9 Others, wherein he challenged the competence and powers of the Hon. Justice G.O. Omereji Judicial Commission of Inquiry to carryout judicial function of investigating him and making pronouncements thereof, instead of the authorities established by law to do so. However, Hon Justice S.C. Amadi on the 20th of August 2015 dismissed the suit on very spurious and unjustifiable grounds. This led to the appeal referred to above.

“Much as we do not intend to canvas our arguments at the Court of Appeal before the Distinguish Senate, it is pertinent to highlight some salient provisions of the law and pronouncements of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on this issue and the rationale for our client’s challenge of the competence of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry.

“ The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the grundnorm upon which every other law derives. Therefore, any law that is inconsistent with the Constitution is to the extent of the inconsistency void. Section 6 of the Constitution establishes the judicial powers of a state, which is vested in the courts, being courts established for a state pursuant to the Constitution. Section 272 of the Constitution provides for the jurisdiction of the High Court of a state, in this case, Rivers State. See the provisions of sections 1, 6, 36, 251 and 272 of the Constitution on the above propositions of the law.

“On the other hand, the summary of the provisions sections 7 (b-f), 12, 13, 14, 17, 18 and 21 of the Commission of Inquiry Law (Cap 30), Laws of Rivers State 1999 is to the effect that the commission under that law has the power to summon, issue warrants of arrest, impose fines, commit for contempt and summarily convict and impose terms of imprisonment. This is contrary to the express provisions of the constitution. These are obviously powers exercisable by the courts.

“This position of the law has been upheld and reaffirmed severally by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. In the case of Doherty V. Balewa (1961-1962) NSCC (page 248) at 257, lines 35-50, the Supreme Court in a similar situation with the instant case held as follows:

“The power of the commission to impose imprisonment is clearly contrary to the provisions of Section 20, and this was not disputed by the Attorney-General. This must also apply to the power to impose a fine, which is enforceable by imprisonment. In these circumstances, we would hold that Sections 8, 15 and 18 are invalid to the extent that they purport to empower a commissioner to inflict a punishment of a fine or imprisonment that the Sections should be ‘read down’ accordingly.”

Earlier in an October 9 letter to Saraki and the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions (EW/GC/CRA/15/011), Amaechi said the petition against him by Integrity Group was heinous.

He said: Sir, following the receipt of the letter for and on behalf of the Distinguished Senate (Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions)which was graciously served on our client today (9th October, 2015) with a copy of the petition, accordingly inviting him to appear before the committee, we wish to furnish you and the committee with some further and better particulars, hence this letter.

“ We make bold to say that as grievous, heinous and worrisome as the contents of the petition may seem on the face value, it is as malicious, dubious and libelous as it is falsehood.

“As we had stated in our earlier letter, whereas our client is very desirous of defending himself of these allegations made against him, we are sincerely afraid that he is, in this case, constrained and unable to do so before the distinguished Senate at this moment. This is because the subject matter of the petition is subjudice, being issues pending and subsisting before courts of competent jurisdiction. The cases include:

Suit No: CA/PH/342/2015; Between Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (claimant/ appellant) and the Governor of Rivers State; Attorney General of Rivers State; Judicial Commission of Inquiry and 7 others (defendants/respondents), pending at the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division. (ANNEXURE 1)
Suit No: FCT/HC/CV/2677/15; between Advante Consulting & Mgt Co Ltd; Result Import Export Co Ltd; Capital Index Ltd (plaintiffs) and Livingstone Wechie (for and on behalf of the Integrity Group), The Sun Publishing Ltd, Leaders and Company Ltd and Guardian Newspapers Ltd (defendants), pending at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. (ANNEXURE 2)

“Sir, at the Court of Appeal, our client is challenging the competence and validity of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry and its powers to make any valid or binding decision or pronouncement against him.

“The issues for determination before the Court of Appeal therefore relate and pertain to the ‘wrongful allegations of corruption and corrupt practices’ levelled against our clients and the unlawful and unconstitutional procedure adopted by his accusers and indicters (which in this case includes the Governor and Government of Rivers State, the Petitioner, Mr. Livingstone Wechie, and the Judicial Commission of Inquiry) in what may seem as an attempt at establishing the ‘purported wrongful doings’ against our client.

“On the 14th of July 2015, our client issued an originating summons against the Governor of Rivers State, the Attorney General of Rivers State, the Judicial Commission of Inquiry and 7 others before the High Court of Rivers State, presided over by Hon. Justice S.C. Amadi in suit No. PHC/189/2015 Between Tr. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi vs. The Governor of Rivers State & 9 others, wherein he challenged the competence and powers of the Hon. Justice G.O. Omereji Judicial Commission of Inquiry to carry out judicial functions of investigating him and making pronouncements thereof. However, Hon Justice S.C. Amadi on the 20th of August 2015 dismissed the suit on very spurious and unjustifiable grounds. This led to the appeal referred to above.

“ In suit No. FCT/HC/CV/2677/15 that is before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the issues relate directly and specifically to the contents and subject of this petition. The petitioner, Mr. Livingstone Wechie, between 3rd and 4th August, 2015, using the title ‘Looting of Rivers State Treasury’ caused to be published the same contents of this petition in some national newspapers (Thisday, The Guardian, Daily Sun, The Nation, etc), wherein he published that our client and Messers Advante Consulting &Mgt Co Ltd; Result Import Export Co. Ltd; Capital Index Ltd were involved in corrupt practices.

“He did, as in this present petition, also allege that the said companies were fraudulent and not registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Aggrieved by the libelous publications, these juristic persons (the companies) approached the court to challenge the veracity of the contents and subject matter of this petition and to seek damages for libel against the petitioner for the falsehoods published and circulated against them and our client. Find attached the bundle of court processes; including Writ of Summons, Statement of Claim, Order for Substituted Service on Mr. Livingstone and other defendants, etc.

“Mr. President, this suit is still pending and subsisting at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The court in order to come to the conclusion that the contents of that publication are false and libelous, for which damages should be paid must make findings and resolve some issues, including for instance:

whether or not our client was involved in any form of corrupt practices as alleged, be it stealing, unlawful enrichment and laundering of public funds through the plaintiffs in suit No: FCT/HC/CV/2677/15
whether or not the companies (Plaintiffs in suit No: FCT/HC/CV/2677/15) are registered with CAC, fake or authentic;

iii. whether or not there are glaring cases of corruption, criminal breach of trust, unlawful enrichment and wanton conversion of funds as it relates to the transactions between the Rivers State Government under our client and the plaintiffs in suit No: FCT/HC/CV/2677/15.

whether or not our client approved the sale of the Gas Turbines to NG Power-HPS Limited, and if he did, whether it was for the said amount and whether the proceeds were diverted by our client
whether or not there was any transactions between the Rivers State Government under our client and the plaintiffs in suit No: FCT/HC/CV/2677/15, and if so, whether there was any corrupt practices in the said transactions.

“ Mr. President, we have no doubt that the Senate being an Arm of Government established under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria verily appreciates the general principle of the rule of law, hence the invitation extended to our client to respond to the petition.

“Whereas we appreciate the commitment of the Senate to be fair and just, especially in offering our client an opportunity to state his side of the matter, however we need to state, and most regrettably too, that our client is unable to comment or respond in specific terms to the allegations contained in the said petition, as that would amount to commenting on the subject matter before the court of law.

“Sir, we are afraid that there is no way the distinguished Senate can effectively, successfully and conclusively investigate and determine the allegations in this petition without making findings, decisions and pronouncements, one way or another, on the issues listed below, which would be substantially the same issues that the court needs to resolve.

“Some of the issues that this Senate would have to resolve for instance will include:

whether or not our client was involved in any form of corrupt practices as alleged, be it stealing, unlawful enrichment and laundering of public funds through the Plaintiffs in suit No: FCT/HC/CV/2677/15;
whether or not the companies (plaintiffs in suit No: FCT/HC/CV/2677/15) are registered with CAC, fake or authentic;

iii. whether or not there are glaring cases of corruption, criminal breach of trust, unlawful enrichment and wanton conversion of funds as it relates to the transactions between the Rivers State Government under our client and the plaintiffs in suit No: FCT/HC/CV/2677/15;

whether or not our client approved the sale of the Gas Turbines NG Power-HPS Limited, and if he did, whether it was for the said amount and whether the proceeds were diverted by our client;
whether or not there was any transactions between the Rivers State Government under our client and the plaintiffs in suit No: FCT/HC/CV/2677/15, and if so, whether there was any corrupt practices in the said transactions; and several others.

“Just as the general principle of law is that commentaries and other forms or outside-the-courtroom discussions should not be encouraged or engaged in relation to the subject matter of any judicial litigation, so as not to prejudice and prejudge a matter before a court, we have also realized that this distinguished Senate has not only adopted this principle of law, but has also made it a written code in its Rules and Standing Orders, which is the compass for the proceedings of the Senate.

“The Senate by so doing has debarred distinguished Senators from considering matters which are rightly or wrongly subjudice for the sake of ensuring the much-desired separation of powers and preventing possible loopholes that may exist or be created in an attempt at short-circuiting the process of justice and circumventing the stringent application of the laws of our land.

“Mr. President, needless to emphasise that it is one of the cardinal pillars of fair hearing that an accused person is presumed innocent until the contrary is proved. Again, this position is strengthened and reinforced by section 36 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as Amended) (hereafter simply referred as the Constitution).

“As our client has indicated, the allegations are not only false, they are also made mala fide with the intent to solely irritate, embarrass and tarnish the hard-earned reputation of our client and maliciously represent him as a person not fit and proper to occupy public office.

Sir, this intention is borne out clearly from the conduct and restless activities of the petitioner who has expressly stated in his petition to the Senate that he had written same petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offence Commission (ICPC), the two foremost institutions in the country vested with the authority to prosecute financial and corrupt practices related offences. Except to speculate that the petitioner has no confidence in both the EFCC and ICPC, one would have thought that the petitioner should have awaited the outcome of the investigation of his allegations by these institutions. He did not do so because he has one goal, one mission: to malign and discredit the person of our client before the Nigerian people.

“Mr. President, we wish to resist the temptation of delving into the subject matter so as not to fall foul of the law and prejudice the case before the court.

“ In the circumstances, we most respectfully urge the Senate to invoke its powers and the Rules and Standing Orders to protect our client from commenting on the subject matter of the petition and any issues relating to or arising from the judicial commission of injury and/or the purported White Paper issued thereto.”

Source:http://thenationonlineng.net/ministerial-screening-amaechi-fights-back/

drauj:
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Beremx:
don't mind that attention seeker. You need to see how the fool keep spamming my mentions just to seek for my attention and I always ignore him. He has hurriedly opened an attention seeking thread in Romance section mentioning my name just because I replied him on this thread.


What a worthless fool!!

EdCure:
You really are a "worthless and jobless troll". Quit this nausseating crave for attention. Your life does not depend on it.

Beremx:
you definitely met me in your dreams.
Get lost and stop disturbing my mentions.

Worthless and jobless troll!

Beremx:
see who's talking about attention seeking. Seems you have no record of how you have been spamming my mentions with your stupidity seeking for my attention,yet you are always ignored.

A troll like you does not deserve my attention. I gave you the grace on this thread. You will not get the luxury next time.

cramjones:
Today is Femi Fani-Kayode aka Olufemi Olu-Kayode's 54th Birthday. After making so much money from GEJ he is flying out to Seychelles aboard a chartered private jet with his sweet heart Precious Chikwendu who took this picture. Notice his house maid at the back seat!

Join me and wish FFK a happy birthday!

-CramJones

Beremx:
Happy Birthday Cramjones.

dekdek:
A lovely thread for nairaland eediots to gloat on. Let me siddon catch my fun.

ojoadeola:
A major labour crisis is unfolding at the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company over an alleged fraudulent allocation of outrageous salaries and perks to a few officials.

While a privileged few draw as high as N36 million a month from the public liability company that is operating on deficit, majority of equally qualified and even more critical staff absorbed from the previous government-owned Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, receive peanut, PREMIUM TIMES has found.

After the privatisation of PHCN, the Nigerian government retained substantial stake in the distribution companies, including the Abuja DISCO.
This means the government is entitled to part of the profit. But this must happen only after operation cost of the company, comprising of overhead and personnel cost, are deducted.

[b]For the past two years, the company recorded only losses instead, but at the same time paid outrageous salaries to a select few.
The chairperson of the board takes home N36 million a month, while a staff with Ordinary National Diploma, OND, takes home as high as N1.9 million monthly.

While this select few rip the firm off, majority of the key staff retained from PHCN are paid between N50, 000 to N150, 000.
According to the company’s financial statement prepared by KPMG as at December 31, 2014, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company’s revenue increased from N36.01 billion in 2013 to N48.1 billion.

Yet, the company declared a higher loss of N25.61 billion in 2014, up from N13.37 billion in 2013.
Notwithstanding the loss, the company’s administrative expenditure nearly doubled – from N13.67 billion in 2013 to N24.93 billion in 2014.
The board chairman, Siyanga Malumo, who received N5.67 million as salary monthly in 2013, had his pay reviewed by over 640.7 percent, to N36.33million, according to the report obtained by PREMIUM TIMES.

Six directors who received between N3.5million and N4million a month in 2013 also got a raise to between N145 million and N150 million annual pay.

Within the year, N719.7million was also spent on “salaries and other short-term benefits to key management personnel compensation”.
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Whiff of fraud

After the privatization of PHCN, about 3,601 former workers of the defunct company were re-engaged on November 1, 2013, by the new firm. The workers were retained mostly as casual staff.

The Abuja distribution company recruited another set of employees in 2014, either as permanent or contract staff.
Although the company’s approved salary structure obtained by PREMIUM TIMES ranged between N47, 186.80 for the least paid staff on grade level JS1 step 1, and N1.137.069.17 for the highest paid official on grade level EG1, some categories of staff received far ahead of those allocations.

The payroll reflects a huge disparity in favour of the new employees.

Although most of the new employees lack technical competence and practical experience, they were made to pocket between N1.2 million and N1.9 million per month, PREMIUM TIMES found.

Their colleagues from PHCN receive between N50, 000 and N200, 000 per month, irrespective of qualification and experience.
Only a few of the older workers earn N200, 000 and above.

The huge disparity in salary between the different categories of workers is fuelling discontent in the company.

Public or private firm?
Abuja Electricity Distribution Company is one of the 11 successor power distribution companies (DISCOs) of PHCN.
It was created to undertake electricity distribution activities and related business in Niger, Kogi and Nasarawa states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The company is owned 60 percent by KANN Utility Company Limited, a joint venture between Xerxes Global Investment Ltd, CEC Africa Investment Ltd and Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc.

The Nigerian Government still controls 40 percent of the company through the Bureau of Public Enterprises, which has 32 percent, and the Ministry of Finance which owns eight percent.

Prior to the power sector privatization exercise, BPE had disengaged over 4,000 former PHCN employees on October 31, 2013, as part of the winding down process.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, the electricity sector regulatory agency, said AEDC was later allowed to re-engage about 3,601 of the workers for an initial contract period of six months.

Details of the company’s financial statement showed that at the completion of the re-engagement process, 3,658 workers were on the company’s payroll in 2013, consisting Administration (845), Finance (399), Marketing (1,116) and Technical (1,298).

The figure, however, fell to about 2,243 in 2014, with Administration having 320, Finance (279), Marketing (859) and Technical (785).
At the expiration of the initial contract period in 2014, NERC explained that each worker was issued fresh re-engagement letters as permanent or contract staff, in line with the AEDC’s framework of employee remuneration and public service rules.
There were yet a lot of others designated casual workers.

“Apart from discriminatory salaries, the casual workers are denied vacation and proper medical attention, despite performing similar jobs and exposed to same hazardous conditions at work on a daily basis,” one of the affected workers said. He did not wish to be identified for fear of victimization.

Consulting house of fraud

Investigations by PREMIUM TIMES uncovered monumental fraud in the company’s payroll traceable to an agency, TBS Consulting, hired to handle staff recruitment in 2014.

For instance, Yusuf Mosunmola, one of the directors and a key member of the TBS Consulting management team, doubles as Head, Organisational Development & Learning for AEDC.

As director of the consulting firm, Ms. Mosunmola was in charge of the entire recruitment process for all categories of employees in AEDC.
The Executive Director, Corporate Planning & Business Development, Omokhoa Okaisabor, told PREMIUM TIMES that Ms. Mosunmola was hired to help in resolving the human resources issue the company had at inception.

After the privatisation exercise, AEDC was confronted with human resources issues that bordered on lack of proper training for staff and a lot of skill gaps, he said.

Mr. Okaisabor said the company had resolved that if no one was found within the company to handle the human resource function, it should be outsourced to a contracting firm, to bring the required staff to manage the key HR function on contract basis.
“That was how TBS Consulting was hired, with Ms. Mosunmola as one of directors, to recruit the staff on contract basis,” Mr. Okaisabor explained.

A source close to AEDC headquarters said a part of the about N285.5million in the 2014 financial statement spent as consultancy fees for technical support services by KANN Utility Company Limited was by TBS Consulting for extensive services on IT, procurement, integration, support and turnaround strategies in 2013.


The director explained to PREMIUM TIMES that all the contract staff recruited by TBS Consulting for AEDC had “special arrangements” with Ms. Mosunmola on how the salary penned against their names would be split.

“Not all the salary actually gets into their (contract staff’s) pockets,” Mr. Okaisabor explained. “The contracting firm has some personal arrangement to get part of the money paid to them as salaries by the company. The practice is that the contracting firm gets the money from the company and pays the staff.”

“Most of the names found on the company’s payroll are either non-existent or belong to persons who work directly for Madam’s (Mosunmola) other companies,” one of the staff familiar with the issue said on Friday.

The staff said the special arrangement must have been in connection with allegations that at least 60 percent of the salaries credited to most of the high earners on the company’s payroll every month goes to Ms. Mosunmola, who also has interests in other companies providing various services for AEDC, like cleaning.

While AEDC pays millions to Ms. Mosunmola’s company for such services, she is said to be paying peanuts to the workers and pocketing the balance.

Some of the names on the AEDC payroll that raised eyebrows were those of two contract staff hired in 2014 and posted to the Lokoja District office.

They include Akanku Olusegun, a National Diploma holder in Electrical, and Higher National Diploma (HND) (in view), who is paid N823, 764 per month.

The same goes for Adesulu Adebayo, another National Diploma holder in Electrical holder in the same office, who takes home N764, 097.60 salary every month.

Curiously, several of their colleagues in various district offices with either similar qualifications or superior university degrees of many years’ standing, are paid a paltry N50, 000.

Ms. Mosunmola on her part remains one of the highest paid officials, who pockets a whopping N1.84 million pay every month. This is in additional to the N27million and another N10 million paid to her as furniture allowance and accommodation respectively.
Also Ms. Mosunmola grapples with the obvious challenge of conflict of interests as she appears to work for AEDC and TBS Consulting simultaneously.

“It’s a clear case of fraud inspired by greed,” Alfred Ituah, an Abuja-based legal practitioner told PREMIUM TIMES on Friday.
“It is practically impossible for her (Mosunmola) to expect that she would effectively joggle both jobs of recruiting workers for AEDC and be on the company’s staff payroll in whatever capacity without getting entangled in the mess of conflict of interest,” he noted.
ICPC wades in[/b]

In August, some top AEDC officials were invited by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for questioning following a petition by some aggrieved workers.

Those invited included the Managing Director; Executive Director, Human Resources; Head of Finance/Financial Controller and Principal Manager in charge of Procurement.

The ICPC’s invitation letter had asked the affected AEDC top officials to provide for examination the statute/law/enabling Act establishing the company; the company’s nominal roll since 2013, and certificate of compliance in recruitment process from the Federal Character Commission.
The officials were also asked to furnish the Commission with the company’s payroll for June 2015; company policy; list of contracts awarded from January 2013; statement of Account; statement of salary accounts as well as recruitment report detailing advertisements, short listings, result sheets/scores since 2013.

A top official of the Commission, who asked that his identity not be revealed, as he was not authorized to speak to the media on the issue, confirmed that the officials honoured the invitation on August 4, 2015.

Mr. Okaisabor who also confirmed the invitation of AEDC top officials by ICPC, said all issues raised by the Commission were resolved over two meetings, the last being in September.

The tension in the company appears to have worsened last week following another round of recruitment interviews held for Regional Managers, Area Managers, Billing Specialist and Support Officers as well as Project Managers.

The exercise was again handled by Ms. Mosunmola on behalf of TBS Consulting allegedly as part of plans by AEDC to downsize its workforce.

Mr. Okaisabor described as unacceptable the issue of conflict of interest concerning Ms. Mosunmola roles in AWEDC and TBS Consulting, saying if investigated and found to be true, she would be queried and sanctioned.

“I will have to crosscheck that information. But, it will be extremely careless and stupid of them (TBS Consulting) to outsource somebody to a company and the person is still on the company’s management staff. If that is the case, she has to be queried and sanctioned. It’s unacceptable,” Mr. Okaisabor said.

When the reporter contacted Ms. Mosunmola on telephone on Friday to confirm her connection with the two organisations, she refused to comment, insisting on knowing first what the information was for.

When told the reason, she immediately terminated the call. Subsequent calls to her phone were not answered. Equally, text messages to her phones were also not responded to.

However, in what a appeared an attempt to cover her tracks, TBS Consulting on Monday, October 12, edited its website and removed Ms. Mosunmola from the list of its management team.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/191578-investigation-abuja-electricity-boss-n36million-monthly-pay-others-tear-apart-firm.html