The management of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) had been accused of illicit transactions
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc , Marilyn Amobi. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official website of NBET]A coalition of civil society groups has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe the management of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc over suspected illicit transactions.
The rest are the International Press Centre , Daily Trust Newspaper, Civil Society Network Against Corruption , The Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation, Nigeria Union of Journalist , Civic Media Lab and Sahara Reporters.investigation by a media consortium, including Premium TimesIt detailed a string of suspicious transactions involving NBET officials following corruption allegations communicated on LeaksNG, an online Whistleblower platform of which HEDA is a member.
The coalition said the procedures violated Section 1705 of the Financial Regulations which states that “the Head of Internal Audit Unit in all ministries/extra-ministerial offices and other arms of government shall ensure that 100 per cent pre-payment audit of all checked and passed vouchers is carried out and the vouchers forwarded under security schedule directly to the appropriate Central Pay Office for payment.
The coalition also raised allegations that instead of NEXANT paying the consultant, NBET’s leadership decided to pay him despite not being party to the engagement agreement. The whistleblowers said it heard that the board submitted its report claiming that due process was followed in the award of the consultancy contract.
The internal auditor, Sambo Abdullahi, was subsequently moved to the Learning and Development, a newly created department at NBET, while Waziri Bintube of the Finance Department was reposted to Risk and Guarantee, another department alleged created by Mrs Amobi to allegedly victimise the two top officials.
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