The presidency should focus on more important things and not the dissolution of NABTEB.

fyneguy:


You have comprehension issues.

Buhari reversed the removal of the Registrar, an Igbo .

Fyneguy, do not mind so many daft clowns on this platform; hatred for Buhari has made them go blind.

As you rightly stated, Buhari actually asked the lady Prof, Ifeoma Abanihe, to return to work immediately and sacked the entire Board of NABTEB that had previously suspended her! Buhari actually did a thing they would have liked (i.e. he reinstated the Igbo-lady Professor) but they responded in opposite direction!

Perhaps, they do not understand the meaning of the word "reinstated"; biko "reinstated" means "return to work", lol.

DAntivirus:
Who else noticed that the minister of Education is a Northerner, asked to reposition the body while the affected head is an Easterner...

I'm certain after the so-called repositioning it would be flooded by northerners...

and they say we are one...

why can't he also dissolve MURIC ?

After spending years in the primary and secondary education system in the name of schooling, you are still a failure.
just waiting for any chance to bite and attack the president like your life depends on it.


The president just desolved a board that was in charge or responsible for the sacking or suspension of some of its members of which the prof ifeoma was affected.

that is buhari is saying that the board that is responsible for giving marching orders to pro ifeoma and his colleagues is and invalid and void board..

BUHARI IS WITH THE PROF IFEOMA ON THIS ONE.

do you now understand?
or you want me to change to pidgin

DAntivirus:
Who else noticed that the minister of Education is a Northerner, asked to reposition the body while the affected head is an Easterner...
I'm certain after the so-called repositioning it would be flooded by northerners...
and they say we are one...
why can't he also dissolve MURIC ?

So many are mad only few are roaming. You think everyone tribalistic and selfish like you.

ManirBK:
GOOD ONE..

Buhari is working with Arrow the failure jor

"Ares originally promised his mother that he would support the Greeks in the Trojan War, but Aphrodite convinced him to switch sides. Case Status: Dismissed after Ares got what was coming to him. In one battle, Ares was wounded/stopped Athena (woman)."

Ares or Aries = Arrow
This dude used to like his spear no be small but always getting his arse kicked.

Just2endowed2:
stop the killing or ....

berom kill fulani, fulani kill berom, case closed.

DTaj:


You are daft!

Buhari actually ordered the immediate reinstatement of the Registrar, Prof. Ifeoma Abanihe, who he stated that the Board had illegally suspended! You may hate Buhari, but read stories before showing your crass ignorance and stupidity on public platforms!

Buhari asked the Registrar to resume her duties immediately and dissolved the Board that suspended her. What else did you expect Buhari to do?

And again, to puncture your stupid analogy, was it not the same Buhari who appointed the Registrar in the first place?
www.punchng.com/n49m-scam-buhari-dissolves-nabteb-board-reinstates-suspended-registrar

Before the dissolution of the governing board, the news had it that the board had suspended the Registrar, 3 directors and an assistant director for financial impropriety. The dissolution of the board seems to me a sort of power play and a cover up for the massive fraud that the board was investigating. It raises question for the President's fight against corruption.

http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/152022/


 NABTEB


 Board panel indicts, suspends NABTEB Registrar, 4 Directors over contracts splitting, other offences
Board panel indicts, suspends NABTEB Registrar, 4 Directors over contracts splitting, other offences

ORDERS REGISTRAR TO REFUND N49.7M TO NABTEB COFFERS
 Clement Idoko - Abuja

A special investigative panel constituted to probe activities of the Registrar /Chief Executive of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), Professor Ifeoma Isuigo-Abanihe, has uncovered irregularities in contract awards and abuse of office by the embattled Registrar.
The panel has also ordered Isuigo-Abanihe to immediately refund the sum of N49,779,262.50, which she could not account for, to the coffers of NABTEB.
Investigation revealed that the Registrar and four Directors were suspended by the 9th Governing Board of NABTEB at its first regular Board meeting on held on 19th June, 2018, at NABTEB headquarters, Benin City, Edo State, following allegation of fraud and refusal to open her books as requested by the Board’s Chairman, Prof. Leonard Karshima Shilgba.
The four affected staff are: Mr. Nnasia Ndarake Asanga (Director, Finance & Accounts), Dr. Obinna M. Opara (Director, Examination Administration), Alhaji Jimoh Adewola Kasali (Director, Examinations Development) and the Procurement Officer, Engr. Edwin Osamor.

Both the Registrar and the four management staff have been suspended from office by the Board to allow for unfettered investigation by another committee set up in Benin city, in line with the zero-tolerance stance of the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to corruption.
Meanwhile, efforts to get the comments of the embattled Registrar proved abortive as her phone line was unreachable and text message to her phone did not elicit response.
But documents obtained by Nigerian Tribune, from sources within the Federal Ministry of Education and the Committee, indicated that there were breaches of procurement rules, misappropriation of funds, illegal recruitment and other irregularities that pervaded Isuigo-Abanihe administration as NABTEB Registrar.

The special committee was constituted by the Governing Board during its emergency meeting at the Abuja Liaison office on May 16, 2018, to review the documents she earlier submitted to the Board, the queries raised by the Board Chairman and the responses/actions by the Registrar.
Members of the five-man special committee were:, Dr Charles Osahon Imaru (a Presidential appointee) as Chairman; Dr Rachael Bassey Akpabio (Presidential appointee), Mr J. O. Oke, representative of West African Examinations Council (WAEC); Mrs Tina Eyaru (representative of Federal Ministry of Education) and Dr Titus Umoru (representative of PTBTA), who served as the secretary.

A letter conveying the suspension of the Registrar signed by the Chairman Governing Board of NABTEB, Prof. Karshima Shilga, dated 21st June 2018, which was also obtained by our correspondent, reads in part: “The committee submitted its report at the first regular meeting of the Governing Board on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, which was given to you.

“After deliberation on the report, you, the Registrar/Chief Executive of NABTEB, Professor Ifeoma M. Isuigo-Abanihe, were asked to respond to the findings of the committee.

“Unfortunately, your shocking defence was, “I apologize,” which is not an admissible defence expected of a public officer under the Public Service Rule. Accordingly, the Governing Board unanimously approved your suspension as Registrar/Chief Executive of NABTEB, having regard to Rules 030301, 030302, 030304, 030305, 160501, and 160502 of the Public Service Rule (PSR), and recommended accordingly to the Honourable Minister of Education for further necessary action (s), who has since been informed (together with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education).

(i)
“This action is considered necessary in order to facilitate due investigations by the Governing Board and other germane federal authorities, and allow unfettered access to relevant documents that until now have been withheld in spite of official requests by the Chairman of the Board and the Special Committee appointed by the Governing Board on May 16, 2018, so that financial and other damages to the Federal Government shall be curtailed.”

Key findings of the committee, which have already been communicated to the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, suggested that NABTEB has incurred about N400 million debt, as a result, shoddy executions of contracts under the watch of Isuigo-Abanihe.
She was said to have been involved in the illegal recruitment of about 15 staff when the Board was already in place to approve the recruitment process and advertised in the media.

The committee also revealed that the Registrar failed to account for N1000 charged for Registration PINS, wondering that PIN production that is virtual should be shrouded in secrecy.
On the failure of the Registrar, to respond to the Board’s official query, the committee noted that the Registrar was guilty of insubordination and has therefore infracted on the law especially Act 6 (2) of the Establishment Act, and Public Service Rule.

The Act expresses the understanding that the Registrar should be the Chief Executive of the Board and shall be responsible for the execution of the policy of the Board and the day to day administration of the affairs of the Board subject to the general control of the Board.
On violation of procurement process, the panel said it scrutinized the Registrar’s contract awards between 21st February to 14th March 2018 and found that the 42 contracts amounting to #154,813,432.00 were split into 15 separate contracts for printing and 14 separate contracts for the supply of HP LaserJet Toner.

The rest were split among the supply of printers, hard-drives, DDR Roms, office flat files, envelops, Kalamazoo binders, photocopying machines and Risograph machines, among others and that there were no units specified and it was not possible to determine unit cost nor quantity of all items.

“The contracts did not go through due process. The awarding authority in this respect was the Management Tenders Board. The contracts were hurriedly awarded, split into units and were not given to the President through the Ministry of Education for approval as the amount involved was beyond the powers of the Management Tenders Board.

“The Registrar has violated Paragraph 6, page 3 of the Administrative Guideline regulating the relationship between parastatals/government-owned companies and the government which stipulates that government will ensure that there is always a board for every parastatal that has a statutory provision for such a body.

“Where, however, a board is dissolved and is not immediately possible to reconstitute the board, the President shall, on the recommendation of the supervisory ministry constitute an interim board, pending the reconstitution of such a board, all matters which normally require the approval of the board, shall be referred, by ministry, to the President for approval.

“As at the time these contracts were awarded, the date of inauguration of the Board which took place on the 22nd of March, 2018 has already been announced.

“The Registrar is guilty of Contract splitting without obtaining approval from the supervisory ministry as stipulated in NABTEB Standing Order 18 and 19 N. Section 18 states that “all services and goods (e.g. printing, supplies or purchases) contracts above N2.5 million, and all works (e.g. contracts from N5 million and above shall receive the final approval of the Governing Board.
“And there shall be no splitting of contract for the same services or goods (e.g. printing, supplies or purchases) contract the sum worth of whose splits is above N2.5 million, and for the same works (e.g. construction, renovation or refurbishing projects) contract the sum worth of whose splits is N5 million or more without the approval of the Governing Board. Section 19 states that NABTEB Tenders Board shall not be the final clearance or approval authority for the contracts and expenditures that the management of NABTEB enters into.

“All approvals of NABTEB Tenders Board shall be forwarded to the Governing Board of NABTEB for consideration and approval. The award documents should be referred to the appropriate organ of NABTEB Board or government to determine the exact contract amount involved with a view to recovering same.
“All contractors of NABTEB have not performed satisfactorily. This is glaring as the NABTEB has accumulated debt of over N400 million as a result of shoddy contract deals and mismanagement. Therefore, the contractors should not be patronized further by the Board.
“The Registrar has stubbornly refused to release to the Governing Board details of contract awards for printing and supply of security materials (question papers) for the May/June 2018 examinations,” the report stated.
On failure of Registrar to explain the difference of #49,779,262.50, the committee examined the Registrar’s claim that online Registration was estimated at a cost of #188,912,390.00 for 2017 May/June.
It also looked into the supply of NABTEB Preparatory CD for May/June and Nov/Dec 2017 certificate examinations which were #16,102,500.00 and May/June and Nov/Dec 2017 Biometric Registration of #123,010,627.50 totalling #139,133,127.50.
The panel noted that if Online Registration was the same with Biometric/Preparatory CD which the Registrar said it is, the difference between #188,912,390 and #139,133,127.50 which amounted to #49,779,262.50 should be accounted for.
As such the panel recommended that Registrar should refund the sum of #49,779,262.50 to the coffers of NABTEB.
The report further indicated that the panel unravelled fraud in the purchase of stationeries and consumables for the conduct of NABTEB examinations.
For instance, the committee said it tried to determine whether May/June 2017 examinations with 58,719 candidates cost #40,004,055 on stationeries and consumables and whether Nov/Dec 2017 examinations with 45,100 registered candidates cost #144,857,796 on stationeries and consumables.
Its findings indicated that N40,004,055 was the cost of stationeries and consumables for 58,719 candidates and the unit cost of May/June, 2017 examinations is N861.27 and was startled to have found that N144,857,796 was the cost of stationeries and consumables for 45,100 candidates and the unit cost of Nov/Dec 2017 examinations is N3,211.92, noting this was untenable.
The suspended Registrar and the four management staff of NABTEB are to face the new panel set up to conduct full investigation of the allegations against them.
The panel is made up of: i) Dr. Momodu Sanusi Jimah (Representative of Polytechnics) as Chairman; ii) Mrs. Tina Eyaru (Representative of Federal Ministry of Education); iii) Chief Dr. Chris Biriowu; iv) Dr. Rachel Bassey Akpabio; v) Alhaji Yusuf Dauda (Representative of NECO) secretary and; vi) Chief Legal Officer of NABTEB.

http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/152022/

When I saw this news, I know without being told that the head of the organization is from the south.

Replace from the north loading......

Buhari and nepotism Na 5 and 6

Pls what will happen to those with nabteb cert and those who recently wrote nabteb??

Wow, that's serious o, not quite long the board was formed.

Jesus so dis man mean I no go collect my result dis year devil issa liar

He's there desolving board when they are killing people in Jos...Rubbish.

ManirBK:
GOOD ONE..

What do you and Northern Boko Haram brothers know about Education?

DAntivirus:
Who else noticed that the minister of Education is a Northerner, asked to reposition the body while the affected head is an Easterner...

I'm certain after the so-called repositioning it would be flooded by northerners...

and they say we are one...

why can't he also dissolve MURIC ?

Are you dyslexic?

The Board suspended the head of the agency.

PMB says the board outreached themselves in suspending the head and dissolved the board.

He helped your ipob brother there.

But then, myopia....

DAntivirus:
Who else noticed that the minister of Education is a Northerner, asked to reposition the body while the affected head is an Easterner...

I'm certain after the so-called repositioning it would be flooded by northerners...

and they say we are one...

why can't he also dissolve MURIC ?

You are confusing the board with the Registrar & directors. The dissolved board suspended the Registrar, Prof Ifeoma. The presidency overturned that suspension done by the board and dissolved the board likewise because they acted beyond their legal power.

called2Bsaint:


Before the dissolution of the governing board, the news had it that the board had suspended the Registrar, 3 directors and an assistant director for financial impropriety. The dissolution of the board seems to me a sort of power play and a cover up for the massive fraud that the board was investigating. It raises question for the President's fight against corruption.

And you really thought that President Buhari could have put his integrity on the line (by protecting the Registrar, Prof Ifeoma) for N49m contract being investigated by the dissolved Board? N49 million. Come on!

For the President to have reinstated her over the N49 million investigation, it might actually have been a case of deliberate witch-hunt by the Board members to harass and oust the reinstated Registrar. I have witnessed it happen where Board members ganged up against a CEO just for refusing to help them steal money and approve unmerited, illegal, and unofficial millions of naira "largesse".

bababubu for 2019.