Disengaged staff insists on reinstatement – NDPHC

By Taiye Odewale Abuja A disengaged General Manager (Audit and Compliance) of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Mrs Maryam Danna Mohammed, has refused to collect her entitlements for close to two years, Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Chinedu Ugbo has disclosed.
Mr Ugbo, who made the disclosure to the Senate through its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, said rather than come forward for the entitlements since September 2016 when communicated to that effect, Mrs Mohammed has been petitioning relevant authorities for her reinstatement.
According to him, the disengagement of Mrs Mohammed from the services of NDPHC emanated from the Presidency through a letter signed to that effect on 10th of June, 2016 by the then Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr David Babachir Lawal.
“That on the approval of the Chairman, NDPHC Board of Directors, His Excellency, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, the disengagement benefits of Mrs Mohammed was computed and communicated to her accordingly but she did not show up for payment but instead, informed the company that she had petitioned the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Senate on her wrongful disengagement,” said the NDPHC boss.
Meanwhile, the Senate in treating Mrs Mohammed’s petition brought before it in November last year by Senator Baba Kaka Garbai (APC, Borno Central), faulted her disengagement and ordered for her reinstatement as recommended by its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions.
The committee in the report last week said ,“prior to Mrs Mohammed’s disengagement, there was no meeting presided over by the Chairman of the Board, Vice – President Yemi Osinbajo or any other member of the Board of NDPHC where the decision to disengage her was taken.
“That the Senate hereby mandate the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) to reinstate Mrs Maryam Danna Mohammed and pay all her entitlements because her disengagement did not follow due process.