Education director dismisses corruption claims
A document circulating on social media alleging that the education directorate of Omusati corruptly awarded a N$751 059 tender to an unregistered company is fake, Laban Shapange, the director of education in the region said.
A purchase order and claim form with an official stamp of the Omusati Region Directorate of Education dated 9 March is allegedly claiming a payment of N$751 059 for work said to be done by Shilakomupaya Investment CC before it was registered on 23 March.
According to the document, the claim is for renovations done at a classroom with repairs of 70 chairs and 70 desks.
Shapange vehemently dismissed the allegation saying the document is fabricated and fake, and was authored to tarnish the image of his directorate.
Shapange further said that such a tender was never advertised and he questioned the manner in which it was completed.
“Nonsense document, it is fake things…, there is no person with such a signature,” he said before saying that no one in the region authorises an amount above N$200 000.
“I refer you to where you get such fake things for them to explain to you, but I will investigate the source. This is total tarnishing of our reputation as a directorate and we shall leave no stone unturned,” Shapange said.
According to the Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development, Shilakomupaya Investment CC belongs to a Hofni Alugodhi Iipinge.
A source confirmed to Namibian Sun Iipinge is the Ongwediva district secretary of the Swapo Youth League (SPYL) secretary.
When contacted, Iipinge said he has no knowledge of such information and dismissed the matter adding that Shilakomupaya Investment CC was never involved.
KENYA KAMBOWE
A purchase order and claim form with an official stamp of the Omusati Region Directorate of Education dated 9 March is allegedly claiming a payment of N$751 059 for work said to be done by Shilakomupaya Investment CC before it was registered on 23 March.
According to the document, the claim is for renovations done at a classroom with repairs of 70 chairs and 70 desks.
Shapange vehemently dismissed the allegation saying the document is fabricated and fake, and was authored to tarnish the image of his directorate.
Shapange further said that such a tender was never advertised and he questioned the manner in which it was completed.
“Nonsense document, it is fake things…, there is no person with such a signature,” he said before saying that no one in the region authorises an amount above N$200 000.
“I refer you to where you get such fake things for them to explain to you, but I will investigate the source. This is total tarnishing of our reputation as a directorate and we shall leave no stone unturned,” Shapange said.
According to the Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development, Shilakomupaya Investment CC belongs to a Hofni Alugodhi Iipinge.
A source confirmed to Namibian Sun Iipinge is the Ongwediva district secretary of the Swapo Youth League (SPYL) secretary.
When contacted, Iipinge said he has no knowledge of such information and dismissed the matter adding that Shilakomupaya Investment CC was never involved.
KENYA KAMBOWE
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