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Christopher Ram, Moses Nagamootoo beneficiaries of NICIL monies

– Brassington urges opposition to prove corruption charges

BY MICHAEL YOUNGE

 

National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Executive Director Winston Brassington has disclosed that opposition personalities Christopher Ram and Moses Nagamootoo have benefited from millions of dollars of the company’s monies paid to them as fees for professional services undertaken.
Brassington made the disclosure during an exclusive interview with Guyana Times on Saturday at its Camp and Quamina streets headquarters.
He said that there are several other personalities within the opposition, including the Alliance For Change (AFC), who have worked with NICIL and its subsidiaries at some point or the other, while benefiting from fees paid.
“These are the same persons that seek to criticise the government and NICIL about corruption and secret deals… some of these same persons are the recipients of fees paid for services done,” Brassington revealed.
He could not comprehend how persons could be behind closed doors and benefit in a financial manner from an entity that they believe or allege condones corruption, and is so heavily mismanaged.
The executive director explained that one would have expected that these public officials would have declared their associations with the entities in the public limelight before they sought to either lecture the entity or government about accountability and transparency when they put on their political caps or independent commentator headdresses.

 

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Albert, I have a question, why these selective disclosures?  Why is NICIL not open to a full public disclosures as to the sources and uses of the funds?  It does not hold water that you disclose payment for professional services to people who raise questions.

FM
Originally Posted by albert:

 

 

Christopher Ram, Moses Nagamootoo beneficiaries of NICIL monies

– Brassington urges opposition to prove corruption charges

BY MICHAEL YOUNGE

 

National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Executive Director Winston Brassington has disclosed that opposition personalities Christopher Ram and Moses Nagamootoo have benefited from millions of dollars of the company’s monies paid to them as fees for professional services undertaken.
Brassington made the disclosure during an exclusive interview with Guyana Times on Saturday at its Camp and Quamina streets headquarters.
He said that there are several other personalities within the opposition, including the Alliance For Change (AFC), who have worked with NICIL and its subsidiaries at some point or the other, while benefiting from fees paid.
“These are the same persons that seek to criticise the government and NICIL about corruption and secret deals… some of these same persons are the recipients of fees paid for services done,” Brassington revealed.
He could not comprehend how persons could be behind closed doors and benefit in a financial manner from an entity that they believe or allege condones corruption, and is so heavily mismanaged.
The executive director explained that one would have expected that these public officials would have declared their associations with the entities in the public limelight before they sought to either lecture the entity or government about accountability and transparency when they put on their political caps or independent commentator headdresses.

 

They worked in their professional capacity for the company. They are not administrators for the company. I wish you Brassington should show us the checks he received. That would be fair would it not? How about all of the checks in and out of the system? That is what is expected of them under the law. This campaign of pseudo debates on NCN, another of their corrupt subsidiary, and this is a waste of time. Let us see all of the checks and accounting of how they handled every one of the state properties. MAybe he can start with his brother's check.

FM
Originally Posted by baseman:

Albert, I have a question, why these selective disclosures?  Why is NICIL not open to a full public disclosures as to the sources and uses of the funds?  It does not hold water that you disclose payment for professional services to people who raise questions.

Aren't these very people being selective in their disclosure of their relationship with the very entities which they claim are corrupt?

FM
Originally Posted by Stormborn:
Originally Posted by albert:

 

 

Christopher Ram, Moses Nagamootoo beneficiaries of NICIL monies

– Brassington urges opposition to prove corruption charges

BY MICHAEL YOUNGE

 

National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Executive Director Winston Brassington has disclosed that opposition personalities Christopher Ram and Moses Nagamootoo have benefited from millions of dollars of the company’s monies paid to them as fees for professional services undertaken.
Brassington made the disclosure during an exclusive interview with Guyana Times on Saturday at its Camp and Quamina streets headquarters.
He said that there are several other personalities within the opposition, including the Alliance For Change (AFC), who have worked with NICIL and its subsidiaries at some point or the other, while benefiting from fees paid.
“These are the same persons that seek to criticise the government and NICIL about corruption and secret deals… some of these same persons are the recipients of fees paid for services done,” Brassington revealed.
He could not comprehend how persons could be behind closed doors and benefit in a financial manner from an entity that they believe or allege condones corruption, and is so heavily mismanaged.
The executive director explained that one would have expected that these public officials would have declared their associations with the entities in the public limelight before they sought to either lecture the entity or government about accountability and transparency when they put on their political caps or independent commentator headdresses.

 

They worked in their professional capacity for the company. They are not administrators for the company.

And whilst working there the allegations about corruption, mismanagement etc which they leveled after were overlooked weren't they?

FM

NCN scandal…Criminal charges to be laid soon

 

September 4, 2012 | By | Filed Under News 
 

Goolsarran suspended for another 8 weeks-Board member

 

Criminal charges against two under-fire officials of the National Communications Network (NCN) are likely, a Board member has confirmed.

Suspended: Martin Goolsarran

This latest development comes amidst news that Production Manager, Martin Goolsarran, has been suspended for another eight weeks.

Goolsarran was supposed to return to work last week but was handed another two months suspension as public pressure, especially by Parliamentary opposition parties, increased.


A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) have called for criminal charges to be laid.


Board Chairman, Dr. Prem Misir, yesterday declined to speak on whether criminal charges were likely and asked this newspaper to direct questions to NCN’s Chief Executive Officer (ag).


Michael Gordon. Over the weekend, Misir said that he was out of the country and would have to be briefed on the NCN situation. Gordon yesterday said that he was in no position to speak and that he would have to consult with his superiors.

However, a Board member yesterday indicated that the matter will handed over to the police very soon and that charges are more than likely.


Following a damning report by specially-appointed auditor, accountant Harryram Parmesar, there has been a major shakeup at the state-owned NCN which controls the government’s radios and televisions stations, including 98.1 Hot FM and NCN Channel 11.

The company’s CEO, Mohamed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur, handed in his resignation in June following the submission of the report to the Board.


Part of the major changes at the agency included the reactivation of a special review committee, called the ‘Rates Committee’, and which includes senior department heads.


It has been the allegation that the committee was deliberately stifled for a number of years and that two senior officials unilaterally bargained with large advertising companies for lucrative low rates. In return for the low rates, senior officials of NCN reportedly took kickbacks.

 

Resigned: Mohamed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur

The situation at the state agency has drawn widespread anger and is a major embarrassment for the new PPP/C administration.

A number of dissatisfied staffers leaked records that indicated a seemingly ‘wild west’ situation of advertisements being aired free, and of links between at least one senior staffer and a heavy equipment company.


NCN, during the Budget debates earlier this year, admitted that it raked in more than $500M in revenues, raising eyebrows on why it would still need government allocations.

An angry opposition, upset with NCN’s ‘biased’ coverage to them, blocked a budgetary subsidy for NCN for over $65M. The opposition had called for more accountability and balanced coverage by the state agency.


The special probe at NCN was triggered when GT&T’s CEO, Yog Mahadeo, refused to pay Goolsarran when for a second time he presented an invoice for over $3M in his personal name, instead of NCN. GT&T had launched its own audit. A number of senior officials of the telephone company were sent home, including the Chief Financial Officer.

The investigation was ordered by the Office of the President to probe allegations of financial irregularities that occurred between September 2011 and February 2012, regarding payments for the GT&T Jingle and Song Competition.


The Parmesar report made it clear that both the CEO and Goolsarran failed to carry out their duties diligently and professionally.

“They have knowingly breached the company’s internal control procedures. Their actions in dealing with the GT&T Jingle and Song Competition clearly demonstrated conflict of interest.”

The report also recommended that the Board of Directors should take necessary actions, including legal ones, to recover loss of revenue for all amounts paid to any individual.


The two, according to the report, tried to pressure staff to backdate key records, in what was seen as an attempted cover-up.


There were also direct leaks of information from the board level to at least two companies, both advertising firms, which benefited from contracts and rates.

 

NCN Board Chairman, Dr. Prem Misir

Government had declined to release the report on the findings of the investigations. But it was leaked to a parliamentarian.

The investigations revealed that no verification was done on another critical record, the Broadcast Log, to ensure “all billable broadcasts are being invoiced to the customer. This could result in loss of revenue to the NCN.”

There have been accusations that the NCN situation is reflective of what is taking place at a number of state-owned semi-autonomous agencies.

 

 
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Mitwah
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by baseman:

Albert, I have a question, why these selective disclosures?  Why is NICIL not open to a full public disclosures as to the sources and uses of the funds?  It does not hold water that you disclose payment for professional services to people who raise questions.

Aren't these very people being selective in their disclosure of their relationship with the very entities which they claim are corrupt?

That was not my question.  The fact that someone may have provided some professional services for an entity does not mean the management is not corrupt and does not mean the persons providing the services are part of the corruption unless you can prove they covered up something.

 

My question still stands, why these selective disclosures and not FULL disclosure as to sources and uses of funds?

FM
Originally Posted by albert:

And whilst working there the allegations about corruption, mismanagement etc which they leveled after were overlooked weren't they?

Scummy, I wonder how much semen you swallowed before cuming with a question like this?

Mitwah
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by baseman:

Albert, I have a question, why these selective disclosures?  Why is NICIL not open to a full public disclosures as to the sources and uses of the funds?  It does not hold water that you disclose payment for professional services to people who raise questions.

Aren't these very people being selective in their disclosure of their relationship with the very entities which they claim are corrupt?

 They did nothing wrong. They have no responsibility to display their payments for services offered.


The company is obliged to do so. It is so required under the law. ALl of its business should be available for public scrutiny.

FM
Originally Posted by baseman:
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by baseman:

Albert, I have a question, why these selective disclosures?  Why is NICIL not open to a full public disclosures as to the sources and uses of the funds?  It does not hold water that you disclose payment for professional services to people who raise questions.

Aren't these very people being selective in their disclosure of their relationship with the very entities which they claim are corrupt?

That was not my question.  The fact that someone may have provided some professional services for an entity does not mean the management is not corrupt and does not mean the persons providing the services are part of the corruption unless you can prove they covered up something.

 

My question still stands, why these selective disclosures and not FULL disclosure as to sources and uses of funds?

NICIL is subject to review via the PAC..... It accounts are usually audited

 

"Ramotar said the holding company’s main Privatization Unit’s accounts have been audited up to 2010. At the same time, he outlined the reason why the audited accounts are yet to be tabled in the 65-seat National Assembly.

“The reason it has not been placed in Parliament as yet is because all of the enterprises belonging to NICIL have to be audited,” he said."



FM
Originally Posted by albert:

And whilst working there the allegations about corruption, mismanagement etc which they leveled after were overlooked weren't they?

They can assert any level of corruption they chose. It is the company responsibility to say here are our books.

 

These gentlemen are merely being disingenuous. If you know the company is not crooked what is the point of these checks on display here if not in some scurrilous attempt at mitigating their claims of corruption?

 

This is the surest sign to date the PPP is quaking in their boots. It is that one seat majority at work. They are the nations trim tab to move that corrupt behemoth to compliance.

FM
Originally Posted by albert:
 

NICIL is subject to review via the PAC..... It accounts are usually audited

 

"Ramotar said the holding company’s main Privatization Unit’s accounts have been audited up to 2010. At the same time, he outlined the reason why the audited accounts are yet to be tabled in the 65-seat National Assembly.

“The reason it has not been placed in Parliament as yet is because all of the enterprises belonging to NICIL have to be audited,” he said."



Ramotar is at the center of a corrupt organization. He is no truth teller or no moral stabilizer.

 

Show us the books. We need an independent auditing.

FM
Originally Posted by Stormborn:
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by baseman:

 They did nothing wrong. They have no responsibility to display their payments for services offered.


The company is obliged to do so. It is so required under the law. ALl of its business should be available for public scrutiny.

I expect this kind of reasoning from you given that you see no conflict of interest in Ramjattan as legal representative of a company which lost its bid to construct the specialty hospital using his position as AFC, leader and parliamentary member to place the contractor's displeasure at loosing out on the agenda of the opposition and parliament.

However you see plenty of conflict of interest in the confirmation of the MOF's wife to a position she acted in without objection for over 7 years.

 

Must i mention Cathy Hughes' relationship with Fip Motilall? 

FM
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by Stormborn:
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by baseman:

 They did nothing wrong. They have no responsibility to display their payments for services offered.


The company is obliged to do so. It is so required under the law. ALl of its business should be available for public scrutiny.

I expect this kind of reasoning from you given that you see no conflict of interest in Ramjattan as legal representative of a company which lost its bid to construct the specialty hospital using his position as AFC, leader and parliamentary member to place the contractor's displeasure at loosing out on the agenda of the opposition and parliament.

However you see plenty of conflict of interest in the confirmation of the MOF's wife to a position she acted in without objection for over 7 years.

 

Must i mention Cathy Hughes' relationship with Fip Motilall? 

 My kind of reasoning? What is wrong with it? Is asking a state agency, especially one tasked with the fiduciary responsibility to manage state assets, for an accurate and up to date accounting something untoward?

 

Do not go into your stupid distractions with introducing another issue. You posted some checks and the implications are as I see them is the gentlemen to whom they were written were part of the system in place.

 

I say so what? Lets see all of the accounting. We cannot be steered by you political assassins to look one way and not another. If you are going to post checks and your access to these means you met with Brassington and do so on his behalf then ask him to give us all the accounting. It is his responsibility. I for one hope one day he gets a cell compliments of the state .

FM

LOL!!! the scumbag is trying to de-rail his own thread by going off at a tangent.

Had the AFC not helped reduce NCN budget to one dollar, we would have never found out about the extent of the corrution.

 

Albert, why don't post copies of your checks as a paid blogger?

Mitwah

Is it now illegal to charge for professional services?

Even more disturbing that albert get paid a lot more than those figures he claims other have been paid for professional services. albert don't even do anything to warrant its salary. Note my use of it to describe albert since it is not a man or woman.

Mr.T
Originally Posted by Mr.T:

Is it now illegal to charge for professional services?

 

Isn't it unethical for a politician to be engaged financially with an entity he/she claims is being plagued by corruption and/or mismanaged? Doesn't he/she run the risk of being accused of benefiting from the very corrupt practices he/she rants about?

Ok! What criterion was used in order to select Nagamootoo as the legal rep in this matter? Aren't there a host of other competent legal minds out there? Doesn't he open himself to the allegation that he was chosen as a result of his affiliation to the ruling party at that time?

FM
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by Mr.T:

Is it now illegal to charge for professional services?

 

Isn't it unethical for a politician to be engaged financially with an entity he/she claims is being plagued by corruption and/or mismanaged? Doesn't he/she run the risk of being accused of benefiting from the very corrupt practices he/she rants about?

Ok! What criterion was used in order to select Nagamootoo as the legal rep in this matter? Aren't there a host of other competent legal minds out there? Doesn't he open himself to the allegation that he was chosen as a result of his affiliation to the ruling party at that time?

Thanks for finally being able to see the unethical practice of the PPPC politicians and for acknowledging that one is chosen as a result of their affilliation with PPPInc.

Mitwah

Scumbags like Moses and their AFC crooks are defending them. It is quite disgraceful to see these crooks call the government corrupt but defend crooks like Moses and Ram.

 

Double standards anyone ? 

 

They are now wiping eggs off their faces.

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:

Scumbags like Moses and their AFC crooks are defending them. It is quite disgraceful to see these crooks call the government corrupt but defend crooks like Moses and Ram.

 

Double standards anyone ? 

 

They are now wiping eggs off their faces.

Time and time again they are all being exposed Yuji. Then we hear how they are being targeted. A typical case in point was when the GRA obtained judgement against Nigel Hughes through a holding company he owned which owed the state millions in taxes and deducted P.A.Y.E. Instead of doing the right thing and leading the way as one who critically points fingers at others Hughes' response was to claim selective application when he knows fully well that only the court has the authority to grant waivers.

FM

The system was set up by the PPP and deemed to be legal. It is therefore a perfectly acceptable method of income generation.

Is only thieves like you and don't deny you aren't who complain that non-PPP supporters are making a legal living out of it.

Mr.T
Originally Posted by Mr.T:

The system was set up by the PPP and deemed to be legal. It is therefore a perfectly acceptable method of income generation.

Is only thieves like you and don't deny you aren't who complain that non-PPP supporters are making a legal living out of it.

So why the charges of corruption etc from Moses and Ramjattan who were former PPP comrades? 

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:

Scumbags like Moses and their AFC crooks are defending them. It is quite disgraceful to see these crooks call the government corrupt but defend crooks like Moses and Ram.

 

Double standards anyone ? 

 

They are now wiping eggs off their faces.

You occasionally stumble over the truth, but you quickly pick yourself up and carry on as if nothing happened. Seems like you have a bladder problem.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by Mr.T:

The system was set up by the PPP and deemed to be legal. It is therefore a perfectly acceptable method of income generation.

Is only thieves like you and don't deny you aren't who complain that non-PPP supporters are making a legal living out of it.

So why the charges of corruption etc from Moses and Ramjattan who were former PPP comrades? 

Because they have conscience and are not morally bankrupt. It's scary to think that people like you are allowed to breed.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Mr.T:

There is no biological evidence in support of any claims with relations to the breeding capability of a mule like albert.

No wonder it behaves as if stupidity is a virtue.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by Mr.T:

The system was set up by the PPP and deemed to be legal. It is therefore a perfectly acceptable method of income generation.

Is only thieves like you and don't deny you aren't who complain that non-PPP supporters are making a legal living out of it.

So why the charges of corruption etc from Moses and Ramjattan who were former PPP comrades? 

Because they have conscience and are not morally bankrupt. It's scary to think that people like you are allowed to breed.

So Nagamootoo had no conscience on January 20th 2011, June 14th 2011 and July 7th 2010? 

FM
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by Mr.T:

The system was set up by the PPP and deemed to be legal. It is therefore a perfectly acceptable method of income generation.

Is only thieves like you and don't deny you aren't who complain that non-PPP supporters are making a legal living out of it.

So why the charges of corruption etc from Moses and Ramjattan who were former PPP comrades? 

Because they have conscience and are not morally bankrupt. It's scary to think that people like you are allowed to breed.

So Nagamootoo had no conscience on January 20th 2011, June 14th 2011 and July 7th 2010? 

It shows a man working for a living. If those were other than legal ie simple payoffs per some scheme then you need to tell us. Otherwise, these checks are simply an attempt to sully the character of the individual so the main crooks can get some social cover.

FM
Originally Posted by Stormborn:
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by Mr.T:

So Nagamootoo had no conscience on January 20th 2011, June 14th 2011 and July 7th 2010? 

It shows a man working for a living. If those were other than legal ie simple payoffs per some scheme then you need to tell us. Otherwise, these checks are simply an attempt to sully the character of the individual so the main crooks can get some social cover.

So you're saying that how this 'man' came about this 'work' has no bearing on you as long as he's working right?

FM

The AFC is a shameless lot. They are now defending men who collected millions from NICL. They now run for cover.

 

Post more on these crooks. Their toilet paper and dem boys seh is now hush hush while the fat pigs who collected millions are living the high life and hollering corruption while cashing their fat cheques totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.

 

Shame in the AFC scumbags.

 

Post on another scumbag land holdings when you get a chance. Give them a dose of their own medicine.

 

Ha Ha.

FM
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by Stormborn:
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by albert:
Originally Posted by Mr.T:

So Nagamootoo had no conscience on January 20th 2011, June 14th 2011 and July 7th 2010? 

It shows a man working for a living. If those were other than legal ie simple payoffs per some scheme then you need to tell us. Otherwise, these checks are simply an attempt to sully the character of the individual so the main crooks can get some social cover.

So you're saying that how this 'man' came about this 'work' has no bearing on you as long as he's working right?

It would if you say NICIL is inherently crooked and these works are mere payoffs. Read,  I already made the statement with respect to if  you admit to  that fact.

FM
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Originally Posted by yuji22:

You are finally admitting that Moses is a crook if you assume that these were payoffs. So is another crook Ram. 

Learn to read scumbag. If the checks are with respect to payoffs and that is  why they are posted then such is the case. The PPP is not making that claim so the the checks are for perfunctory work

FM

You are the biggest scumbag who defend Moses and Ram who collected millions from NICIL.

 

How come you are not calling for them to be thrown in jail like your best friend who was recently jailed for stealing ?

 

You associate with and defend crooks. Shame on you, the biggest scumbag. 

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:

You are the biggest scumbag who defend Moses and Ram who collected millions from NICIL.

 

How come you are not calling for them to be thrown in jail like your best friend who was recently jailed for stealing ?

 

You associate with and defend crooks. Shame on you, the biggest scumbag. 

 You are one of those sick bottom feeders who do not care for finding out truths.

 

Did the PPP suggest these were payoffs? No. Now go and find a rock to hide under you piece of slime.

FM

Hey slimeBall,

 

Your best friend was was sent to jail. Now you choose to defend Moses and Ram who collected millions from NICIL. How come you are now silent when it comes down to jailing them ?

 

You continue to defend crooks. Your are a shameless poster who is full of lies just like you posting that you are of different races depending on the day of the week.

 

You are the biggest scumbag here. You will be better off beside your buddy.

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:

Hey slimeBall,

 

Your best friend was was sent to jail. Now you choose to defend Moses and Ram who collected millions from NICIL. How come you are now silent when it comes down to jailing them ?

 

You continue to defend crooks. Your are a shameless poster who is full of lies just like you posting that you are of different races depending on the day of the week.

 

You are the biggest scumbag here. You will be better off beside your buddy.

 Like the Rev, and the rest of the PPP crew you have to make up boogie man and evil demons to sell youself as the good guys. Well, sell all you want. you are speaking of my friends that exist only in your head. Swallow that fool when you look in the mirror tonight. You are a scumbag liar and that does not make for good character building.

FM

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