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| NGO boss fills top 11 posts with close relatives |
| 2010-01-17 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The top 11 posts of HEED Bangladesh, a non-government organisation (NGO), are occupied by relatives of its executive director. I need people I can...trust. Executive Director of the NGO, Elgin Saha, appointed his wife Tereja Saha as the vice-principal of HEED International School, his son Timon Toran Saha as assistant director of HEED Handicraft, his sisters Supti Saha and Urmi Saha as principal of HEED Language Centre and human resource officer of HEED respectively and maternal cousin Elis Arun Majumder as manager of disaster management department. Is Mr. Saha around? What are you, a wiseass? Elign's nephews Bappi Pande and Noel Pande were employed as auditor and manager of nutrition programme of the NGO respectively. His brother-in-law Samuel Gain was given the post of liaison officer. His son's father-in-law Dilip Sarker is working as principal of HEED Music School while his two brothers Nikhil Krishna Saha and Nikhil Chandra Saha were made directors of micro-credit department. A large number employee of the NGO alleged that the executive director is destroying the organisation by indulging in nepotism and providing his relatives with vital positions without considering their qualifications. Sounds like Massachusetts... These people are highly paid and enjoying office vehicles. They are buying lands with the NGOs fund, they said. Well, at least they aren't buying land here. Well...maybe. Muhammad Ibrahim, deputy director of NGO Affairs Bureau (NGOAB), a regulatory body of the donor-funded NGOs, told The Daily Star yesterday: "Allegations of corruption and nepotism against the executive director of HEED Bangladesh are now under investigation." A trustee board runs the organisation without any approval from the NGOAB. Relatives of the executive directors were made trustee board members to conceal financial irregularities, he said. Earlier, a three members probe-committee was formed following the instruction of Prime Minister's Office to investigate the allegations against Elgin Saha. The committee found his involvement in corruption in purchasing lands. Some other irregularities were also uncovered. They're waiting to see the size of their bribes to see if those "go away"... On November 23 last, the NGOAB issued letters to all managing board members and asked Elgin to quit his position but he didn't pay heed, sources said. However, Elgin Saha claimed to be honest and hardworking. He said he had been serving the NGO sector for the last 30 years. He said a vested quarter whom he terminated for corruption are whipping propaganda against him to destroy his image. Use a thief to catch a thief... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I need people I can...trust. IIRC, the first Han emperor implemented the civil service test because he couldn't trust his relatives, each thinking maybe they should be in charge. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-01-17 11:56 |