Press Release The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has called on the MD/CEO of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, Dr. Marilyn Amobi, to immediately stop the victimization of two whistleblowers, Sambo Abdullahi, Deputy General Manager and Head of Internal Audit, and Waziri Bintube, General Manager and Chief Finance Officer. In a statement…
CORRUPTION: Whistle-blowers face gruelling ordeal in NBET
By Leaks NG The travails of Messrs Abdullahi Sambo and Waziri Bintube at Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) began in June, 2017 after the former wrote to the Ministry of Power, Works, and Housing challenging his redeployment in the company. Sambo maintains that his redeployment and subsequent predicament at NBET is not unconnected with…
NBET MD, Marilyn Amobi, enmeshed in multiple corruption allegations
By Leaks NG Marilyn Amobi, the managing director of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity trading Plc (NBET), fraudulently paid at least N2 billion naira to two power generating companies, documents obtained by Leaks NG have shown. The documents also revealed that Mrs Amobi, who was made the substantive boss of NBET in July 2016, was also…
Whistleblowing: Citizens have a role to play in tackling corruption – AFRICMIL
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Thursday said Nigerians can ensure accountability and good governance in the country if they made it a habit to expose corruption. Chido Onumah, AFRICMIL Coordinator, said this at a town hall meeting on whistleblowing and the fight against corruption in Nigeria held in collaboration with the…
CCB flouts FOI Act, refuses to release asset declaration forms of SGF, NSA, Chief of Staff to the President, ministers and acting CJN
THE Code of Conduct of Bureau (CCB) has refused to release copies of asset declaration forms of all cabinet members of the Buhari-led administration, thereby, flouting the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 2011. The ICIR, on January 16, 2019, requested for the details of asset declaration forms of all cabinet members including the Secretary to…