Corruption allegations have continued to trail the former Project General Manager of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Engineer Joseph Engr. Joseph Almajiri, who retired the agency five months ago.
He was accused of corruption, maladministration and violation of work ethics,which he allegedly perpetuated with the connivance of Special Adviser of the immediate past Vice President of Nigeria.
The former company’s General Manager and Project Coordinator,is squaring up with his accusers, who he described as faceless whose stock in trade is to cook up false narratives to soil his image.
But sources said that Almajiri allegedly collectedfunds for unattended training programs, and that the African Development Bank (AFDB)allegedly wrote to the TCN requesting a refund of the monies it provided
Sources also alleged that there were funds appropriated for the development and upgrades of the electricity distribution network system; but were not used appropriately by him.
Sources narrated how Almajiri allegedly denied Transrail Lighting Limited,an Indian firm execution of Lines Lot 1—NTEP-TL1—Construction of Mando—Rimin Zakara 330kV Double Circuit QUAD Conductor Transmission Line Project for alleged selfish reason.
They further alleged that Almajiri is scheming vigorously to be made the next Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria,but he’s being challenged on account of his support for rival party in Kaduna South in the February 2023 Presidential Elections. They also alleged that Almajirii and and his family have dual citizenship.
But Engineer Almajiri,punctured the allegations against him, saying they were false,misguided and designed to soil his reputation.He claimed he does not possess dual citizenship, and certainly not scheming for the position of Managing Director of TCN for he was not desperate position.
He claimed he didn’t hobnob with politicians too,as alleged.
He said he had brilliant career in Transmission Company of Nigeria, where he worked and earned accolades before he retired from the employ of the company this year.
According to him,the faceless individuals spreading fake news, he said, are oblivious of the reputations he built in service which they can cross-check in TCN.
He also said he had never inflated figures let alone cornered funds for unattended foreign trainings as claimed by the source.
According to him, as the former Project General Manager of Transmission Company of Nigeria, he didn’t circumvent the rules governing the workings of hid specialized area.
He added:”As a Project General Manager,I knew the import of my area to the growth of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, and tje country’s power sector. Armed with this fact, I carried out my duty diligently and developed a robust team work to achieve optimal objectives of TCN’s project management.
“Most of the quality jobs my team delivered then remains a reference point in the history of the TCN and a veritable tool to enhance power network in Nigeria.The robust training my project team were exposed to,strengthened them and contributed immeasurably to boost TCN’s manpower development and skill building.
” Those spreading the wild allegations about my involvement in diversion of fund and milking the agency are after subterranean interest having lost steam to view my noble contributions to TCN and how the agency has fared since I left its employ”.
