- TCN Employees express concern over organizational structure violations.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) staff have expressed concern over an alleged company plan to establish the office of the Executive Director Project in violation of its organizational structure. The workers announced their decision in a petition sent to Engineer Abubakar Aliyu, Minister of Power.
They claimed that there are only four known executive directors in the company—Transmission Service Provider, Independent Service Operator, Finance and Account, and Human Resource and Capacity Building—in the petition.
The workers alleged the move by the General Manager, Project Coordination, Engineer Joseph Ciroma Almajiri, to buy his way to create the Executive Director; Project is unethical and grossly infringed on the Electric Power Reform Act 2005.
The workers said that it violates the Federal Character Principle because Engineer Almajiri and the current Executive Director, Resource and Capacity Building, Mr Justin Ishaya Dodo, are from Kaduna.
They alleged: “Furthermore, a committee set up by the former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer to investigate Engineer Joseph Ciroma Almajiri found many anomalies in his activities on the project management unit.
“He is accused of collaborating with training consultants for kickbacks, including organizing training for his associates and himself, while the money (foreigncurrencies) will be collected, but the training is not attended. This is pure corruption training and against work ethics.”
“We are calling on the Minister of Power to, as a matter of urgency, intervene to stop the illegal move because, if left to materialize, it will send a wrong signal to the power sector that anyone can buy his way to get any position even if it violates the EPSR Act and the Federal Character Principles, including natural justice.”