From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The Management of Kaduna Electric has announced a cleanup that led to the dismissal of 39 staff last month from the company for various offences which were against the company’s employee policy.
In a statement issued by the company’s Head of Corporate Communication, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, offences ranging from misappropriation of company funds, fraudulent practices, unauthorized access, and abscondment were listed as the cause of the action.
It also stated that the offences were against the revised employee conditions of service which were recently endorsed by the national leadership of the two in-house labour unions and the Management led by the Managing Director/CEO, Yusuf Usman Yahaya.
The Management said the action of the dismissed staff had adverse effects on the company’s fortunes and needed to be reviewed.
According to the statement, Management seriously frowns at all acts of fraudulent activities perpetrated by staff and would act decisively by punishing all those caught.
While hoping that the dismissal would serve as a warning to others, Kaduna Electric advised customers to stop any business transaction conniving with fraudulent persons to shortchange the company as this disrupts its ability to meet its obligations to the electricity market.
