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| Miheret Debebe, ex-CEO of the Corporation |
Veteran
combatant of the TPLF, current Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia and
Board Chairman of the Corporation, Dr. Debretsion Gebremichael,
speaking regarding the removal of Miheret said “as much as he is
appreciated, he knows that he had deficiencies himself. He was not
surprised when he was removed from office too”. Although Debretsion
alleged incapacity as the main reason for the removal of the CEO, a
report that has been presented to Prime Minister Hailemaraim Dessalgn
by the Ethiopian Federal Ethics
and Anti-corruption
Commission (FEAC) states that Meheret had been opposing the corrupt
practice that had cost the Country to lose over 26 Million USD.
The
Anti-Corruption Commission had submitted a report to the late Prime
Minister Meles Zenawi that in 2007/08 there was lack of transparency
and irresponsible purchase of transformers. The corrupt practices
began to unravel when the Corporation announced that an Indian
company called Goodluck Steel Tubs Limited won the bids when
Transformers with Conservator Units were purchased instead of
Hermetically Sealed Transformers.
Several
other bids and corrupt deals have been conducted between the Indian
company and several top management of the Corporation, most of
which have been investigated by the Anti Corruption Commission and
were submitted to the Prime Minister although measures have not been
taken.
Top
officials of the TPLF that have been facilitating the corruption at
the back-doors and affecting Meheret’s work have not been detained
or punished when many other officials have been. It is to be recalled
that an Indian Company had recently signed an agreement to lead the
Electric Corporation Management.
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