NCN sacks Berbice head as shakeup continues

By Leonard Gildarie, June 20, 2015 | By KNews | Filed Under News , Source

 

Head of the Berbice operations of the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN), Faizal Jafarally, yesterday had his services terminated with immediate effect, as the shakeup in that entity continues under the new Government.

 

 

Officials, including Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Molly Hassan, and Mark Archer, Communications Director in the Ministry of the Presidency, along with auditors, were yesterday in New Amsterdam, Berbice, meeting with staffers.

Jafarally, the Station Coordinator, confirmed that he has been sent packing.

He had been with the entity since 2003 and was a candidate for the former ruling party, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, for the May 11th elections.

He also was a Member of Parliament during the 10th Parliament for the PPP/C and had been a main face in the lead-up to the elections.

Jafarally said that he was summoned to a meeting yesterday with the CEO where he was told that NCN was being restructured.

“I was told that there was no place for me and I should resign or be dismissed. I informed them that I had done nothing wrong and will not resign. So they exercised that option of dismissal.”

Jafarally said he did not receive any warning letters nor was he told he was underperforming.

However, Hassan made it clear there were no options. “Their services were terminated full stop.”

She said that NCN was not satisfied with the performance of Jafarally during his probationary period.

Jafarally was appointed as Coordinator of the Berbice operations last year.
According to Hassan, the Berbice operations have not been profitable for a long time.

“We have a clear mandate from Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo to make NCN a sustainable entity. We must therefore have the skills available … competent personnel.”

Jafarally’s termination would come one day after two editors from the Georgetown headquarters, were handed letters sending them home following an internal investigation into what management deemed as a misappropriation of funds.

The incident was one which occurred during the elections campaign and it is suspected that the editors produced fake receipts for hotel accommodation.

Those fired are Senior Editor, Edward Layne and Radio Editor, Adele Rampersaud.

Kaieteur News was informed that NCN management became suspicious of some receipts that were presented for accommodation in Bartica for the news team that covered a PPP/C rally. Once the investigation started, the company’s auditors travelled to Bartica and made checks at the hotel.

Kaieteur News understands that a hotel staffer “revealed” that Layne only paid for two double-bed rooms, but requested receipts for eight single rooms.

The coalition Government which won a close race in the May 11th General and Regional Elections has vowed to clean up NCN, the Government Information Agency (GINA) and the Guyana Chronicle- all state-owned- after claiming that there was widespread abuse of resources and mismanagement at those entities.

Already, the Head of GINA, Neaz Subhan, has resigned.

A special audit report following a fraud a few years ago, saw NCN”s former CEO, Mohamed “Fuzzy” Sattaur, resigning and Programme Director, Martin Goolsarran, being suspended.

The report had recommended widespread changes. The David Granger administration has vowed to make state institutions more professional, removing political influence in sweeping reforms.

Perhaps, meaning ... "terminate all associated with the PPP/C".

Their aim is to get rid of all employees suspected of siding with the PPP. Now who will they side with. The first order of business is to create a firm PNC foundation to stay in power till eternity.

Interesting, indeed.

David Granger will, perhaps, also immediately remove all PNC supporters from their positions.

That's the PNC at work to take bread away from working family.

PNC ARE CRIMINALS. ONLY FOOLS ON GNI WILL NOT SEE THIS AS DICTATORSHIP AND TYRANTS IMPOSING THEIR WAYS. THE PNC AND THE TWO HOUSE SLAVES ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS GOVT ON THE PLANET.  ALL OF BURNHAM TRAINING ARE BEING APPLIED HERE AND THE FUTURE OF THE GUYANESE PEOPLE IS VERY BLEAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What makes you so smart? Surely not  rants in uppercase as above.

I am not like you, I dont beat my drum, where did I state that I am smart. But YES compare to the PNC Criminals and two House Slaves, I am much smarter!!!!

Becoming more evident as the government is about one month in office.

Great work. Get rid of those tiefmen.

Well done APNUAFC.  This PPP skylarker and jagabat and country tief should have been the first one fired.

 

Thank you

Correct.

No. Jafarally is a barber who became head of a TV agency.

 

Somebody said he has a designated day when he goes around and collect his kickbacks.

 

He has lots of land and properties.  My source says although he is a Muslim, he has a pig farm and they export the pork.

 

He and his sidekick Zulfi are extremely rich.

 

Jafar was a key PPP operative in Berbice.

 

No tears for Jafar.  This is a justified termination.

 

They need to fire all the crooks whomever they might be.

Ask Jaf about his relationship with CIOG and Y he was kicked out, the man who has a Ph D........Public Hair Dresser and the man who graduated from TI as a welder, ask him how he helped the women who went to him for jobs at the Regional Office,ask him about all the PPP campaigns he showed night and day on NCN Berbice...where is the money,.........a PPP die hard, unqualified for the TV and unqualified to sit in Parliament. His days of glory done.

Good riddance. He should have been gone the same day PPP got booted out.

It is known. 

Looks like this guy was an incompetent

The man being replaced has a reputation as being as crooked as a hackya stick. no one will miss his absence. In actually it will be a benefit to the agency not to be dominated by a crook.

Straight up thief man of the highest order.....

Should NCN not have sacked this sack of potato peal?  Darn right.  Jaffarally should have been fired since May, not June?

This is one man who needs to be stoned and then placed in front of a firing squad. Feed his fat  ass to his pigs.

This is just like fidel Castro when he seized Cuba from Baptista.  Only castro that Castro was not terminating services, he was terminating lives.

 

I hear talk of halal poke now I see is fo real

Professor Samad should be the replacement at the Berbice NCN.

 

Granger appears to be acting like Idi Amin. Mitwah made this observation in one of his posts.

 

Ethnic Cleansing has started in a very subtle manner as the AFC remains silent.

 

AFC MUST defend Indos now !