NCN Berbice manager back on the job

Mar 18, 2018 News

Branch Manager for the National Communications Network (NCN) Berbice, Donna Mathoo, who was sent on administrative leave has taken up back her position at the state-owned entity.
The APNU/AFC Councillor Donna Mathoo turned out back to work on March 5, last.
Her resumption to work comes after investigations into allegations of fraud at the entity. A source had revealed that approximately $3M was allegedly stolen from the branch over a period of 15 months. The Production Coordinator was immediately fired after investigations reportedly found him culpable.
A former official of the state entity in Georgetown divulged that there was an active investigation in 2017 that led to Mathoo being sent on administrative leave. The official confirmed, “There was an investigation, the internal process of the investigation was carried out and it found some things to implicate her.” However, even with the findings, Mathoo is back on the job.

Back on the job: Donna Mathoo

Initially, a source then had revealed that the staff worked under instructions from the Branch Manager. There were alleged instructions provided by her to issue ‘fake’ invoices, receipts and also use ‘fake’ log sheets.
The ‘fake’ invoices were issued after a programme was aired and paid for. However, the official NCN receipt would not be provided to the customer and the money collected from the aired programme would not be booked in the official NCN books. False invoices were also allegedly issued to customers. Advertisements were also reportedly aired and not logged in the official NCN log sheet.
A former staff member who resigned from the entity in a letter to the editor published in Kaieteur News had stated, “I worked under the management of Donna Mathoo and gave a written statement to the auditors at the time of the discoveries about what was really going on”.
He disclosed in the letter that he had worked with NCN for almost six years and during the period of work under Mathoo, the staff were always sent on assignments and were asked by the manager to utilise personal funds for the expenses incurred. They were also allegedly told that when the petty cash comes they will be reimbursed. That was never done, he said.
He detailed, “I vividly recall on one occasion a member of staff was asked to sign a petty cash voucher for something he didn’t do.”
Meanwhile, in an invited comment on her resumption as Branch Manager, Mathoo said, “My lawyer has advised me against giving any comments.”

Discover more from Kaieteur News

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Latest News