Afrigather Dr. Dere Otubu is the Chairman of Eko Electrical energy Distribution Plc, which has over the previous couple of months, come beneath heavy criticism, in regards to the disaster that the corporate has discovered itself in.
The disaster issues his dealing with of the Ghost Employees fraud in Eko Electrical energy Distribution Firm, and the steps taken by the EKEDC’s board to analyze the matter. As Chairman of the Board, a number of criticisms have been heaped on him. And over the previous couple of weeks, there have been in circulation copies of the change of e-mails among the many prime hierarchy of the corporate.
The Nigerian Electrical energy Regulatory Fee in Abuja has needed to step in and has written letters to the Chairman, asking the EKEDP board to shortly conclude the evaluate of its investigation into these allegations of ghost staff, to determine all these concerned in inflicting a colossal lack of revenues to EKEDP. There are allegations that the Ghost Employee’s fraud is as excessive as N100 million. And lots of prime Administration Employees need the problem to be totally investigated.
In the meantime, the battle has been between West Energy & Fuel Ltd (WPG), an organization which consults for EKEDP and the Board of Administrators of EKEDP, over the deployment and redeployment of workers members.
When the problem broke final yr, there have been an change of e-mails between the WPG and the Board. Within the course of, a Letter of Recall was issued to Wola Joseph Condotti, the Chief Authorized Officer, which the Board Chairman overruled. The Chairman of WPG had recalled her again to WPG to permit for correct investigation, in step with greatest practices, globally.
The Chairman was criticised for overruling the recall.
Dere Otubu was stated to have instructed Wola Joseph Condotti to ignore the Recall.
George Etomi, the Chairman of WPG in an e-mail dated fifth of Dec. 2023 recalled Wola from the place of Chief Authorized Officer to Eko Disco.
However Dere Otubu, the Chairman of Eko Disco in his personal e-mail on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, instructed her to kindly disregard this letter in its Entirety saying Eko Disco will proceed with its means of trying into the matter.
That very same day, George Etomi in one other e-mail wrote Dere, informing him that his consideration had been drawn to the current e-mail despatched by Dere to the Chief Authorized Officer (CLO) and the MD/CEO EKEDP, amongst others, instructing that the WPG e-mail containing the CLO’s Letter of Recall from EKEDP be disregarded in its entirety. I’m very shocked at this flip of occasions, as a result of instructing the CLO to ignore a directive from the Chairman of WPG, her employer, might be thought of an act of encouraging insubordination. This will simply be considered setting a flawed precedent that might empower administration workers to undermine the Administrators of the Board in any respect degree”.
“As you might be conscious, WPG is effectively inside its rights to recall any of its workers based mostly on the Operations and Administration Settlement executed between WPG and EKEDP. The rights to recall and/or self-discipline workers are consequential rights of WPG because the CLO’s employer. The Letter Of Recall to the CLO constitutes normal apply in such instances, pending the conclusion of the investigation and willpower of the matter.
“Kindly remember that the problems which have necessitated the recall are very grievous and nothing in any way ought to be performed to condone or cowl them up. With out prejudice to no matter motion you need to take, WPG will go forward to conduct a full investigation into the matter and I counsel all our nominees on the EKEDC Board to not lend themselves to any cover-up”.
The instruction to recall stands and ignoring it will likely be on the peril of whoever does so”.
On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, Dere Otubu, fired one other e-mail to the Chairman and copied others on the problem of Letter Of Recall, expressing shock at his letter, as he had spoken to him on why his Letter Of Recall ought to by no means have been issued within the first place and was subsequently disregarded.
“I had identified to you that it was improper so that you can single-handedly subject directions of such significance on behalf of WPG and on a matter that pertains to you with out vast consultations”.
“…Issuing threats to Eko Disco workers is ill-advised and of no worth. I’d subsequently kindly request you to permit us the house to conduct the investigations correctly”.
On 13 December, 2023, Simon Ani, a director despatched an e-mail to Ernest Oji and Dere Otubu on the identical subject of Recall of the CLO.
He copied others. Within the e-mail, he described Dere’s e-mails as ill-advised and inappropriate for two causes, reminding him that WPG had written earlier within the yr that every one of us Administrators on Eko’s Board, clarifying that we’re there representing WPG’s curiosity. We’re not there for some other objective. We’re not there representing our shareholdings. WPG nominated us to sit down there to take care of WPG’s curiosity”.
“Additionally, WPG has written clarifying that we’re all Non-Govt Administrators, together with you, Chairman. You’re a Non-Govt Chairman. As such, none of us, together with you Chairman, has the authority to unilaterally subject orders and directives…
Due to this fact, it’s flawed so that you can unilaterally counter-mend the Chairman, WPG’s e-mail bringing the Wola matter to WPG Board…WPG employed all Senior Administration, Wola is considered one of them. And beneath the O and M Settlement, WPG has total supervisory duties to Eko”.
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