By Ambrosio R. Villorente
Is NEA Corrupt?
Is NEA Corrupt?
“NEA (National Electric Administration) is so corrupt”, cried Ms. Elinore Timtiman Cabanilla. Ms. Cabanilla cited NEA as one of the government owned and controlled corporations which is so corrupt. And she said it a few times during a Forum on Electric Cooperatives. The Forum was held in the afternoon, Dec. 15, 2005 at the Sangguniang Bayan of Kalibo, Aklan.
The Forum, it coincided a day (Dec. 15) on the dislodgement of retired Col. Nemesio Neron as president of the Board of Directors of AKELCO.
Neron represented the Libacao-Banga-Madalag Consumer-Members of AKELCO to the AKELCO Board of Directors. He was elected with overwhelming votes over his other three opponents during the election. His votes were very much more than the votes combined of his three other opponents. During the election of officers of the AKELCO Board of Directors that followed, he was elected president of the Board unopposed. During his tenure as president of the AKELCO Board, Neron caused the approval of the Board resolution that will terminate the services of the “Change Management Team” on December 31, 2005. This resolution actually amended a Board Resolution which provided that the services of the Change Management Team is extended until the AKELCO is registered with the CDA.
Second, Neron also approved the immediate registration of AKELCO with the Cooperative Development Authority as evidence by his attendance to the two previous conferences where Mr. Pete Ilagan was the principal speaker which uncovered the “lapses” of AKELCO and the discussions moved toward the immediate AKELCO registration with the CDA. Moreover, Neron according to him, was asking several information and specially the AKELCO financial conditions which were adamantly provided him. “Some information was withhold,” he said.
Those moves, Neron confided were obnoxious to the NEA officials and some members of the Board of Directors.” And they are poised to dislodge me as president of the AKELCO Board,” Neron told EF two days before the stormy election of officers of the AKELCO Board on December 15.
Neron’s actuation during his tenure as AKELCO Board president was highly for the welfare of the member-consumers, but brutally negative to NEA. That enhanced his immediate ouster. A special meeting was held which only tackled election of officers. The Neron ouster is a shining testimonial that NEA wishes to hold on tightly with the electric cooperatives like AKELCO and does not want CDA registration.
As to Ms. Cabanilla she “does not believe AKELCO is class A+”. “I doubt it, for AKELCO to be class A+ from class E in two years”, she said. Maybe, management had maliciously padded the kilowatt hour consumptions of some selected consumers from two to five Kwhs or an average of two days electric consumption per consumer in an attempt to attain class A+ status. She termed this as “add on”.
AKELCO might had written off an account of Consumers Account Receivables and reclassified it as Other Accounts Receivables which has resulted in improved collection efficiency. To find this out, Ms. Cabanilla recommends for proper auditing of NEA. But will NEA disclose its audit findings when the change management team is of its creation? It is doubtful.
Asked what benefits will it give to members-consumers whose Electric Cooperative is A+? Ms. Cabanilla answered: “NON”. But increased salary and other benefits to AKELCO officials and employees. The BOD and Management are also given more freedom to manage its own affair by the NEA.
Ms. Cabanilla also discussed the “Magna Carta For Residential Electric Consumers”. Madyaas Pen will publish this in the next issue. /MP
The Forum, it coincided a day (Dec. 15) on the dislodgement of retired Col. Nemesio Neron as president of the Board of Directors of AKELCO.
Neron represented the Libacao-Banga-Madalag Consumer-Members of AKELCO to the AKELCO Board of Directors. He was elected with overwhelming votes over his other three opponents during the election. His votes were very much more than the votes combined of his three other opponents. During the election of officers of the AKELCO Board of Directors that followed, he was elected president of the Board unopposed. During his tenure as president of the AKELCO Board, Neron caused the approval of the Board resolution that will terminate the services of the “Change Management Team” on December 31, 2005. This resolution actually amended a Board Resolution which provided that the services of the Change Management Team is extended until the AKELCO is registered with the CDA.
Second, Neron also approved the immediate registration of AKELCO with the Cooperative Development Authority as evidence by his attendance to the two previous conferences where Mr. Pete Ilagan was the principal speaker which uncovered the “lapses” of AKELCO and the discussions moved toward the immediate AKELCO registration with the CDA. Moreover, Neron according to him, was asking several information and specially the AKELCO financial conditions which were adamantly provided him. “Some information was withhold,” he said.
Those moves, Neron confided were obnoxious to the NEA officials and some members of the Board of Directors.” And they are poised to dislodge me as president of the AKELCO Board,” Neron told EF two days before the stormy election of officers of the AKELCO Board on December 15.
Neron’s actuation during his tenure as AKELCO Board president was highly for the welfare of the member-consumers, but brutally negative to NEA. That enhanced his immediate ouster. A special meeting was held which only tackled election of officers. The Neron ouster is a shining testimonial that NEA wishes to hold on tightly with the electric cooperatives like AKELCO and does not want CDA registration.
As to Ms. Cabanilla she “does not believe AKELCO is class A+”. “I doubt it, for AKELCO to be class A+ from class E in two years”, she said. Maybe, management had maliciously padded the kilowatt hour consumptions of some selected consumers from two to five Kwhs or an average of two days electric consumption per consumer in an attempt to attain class A+ status. She termed this as “add on”.
AKELCO might had written off an account of Consumers Account Receivables and reclassified it as Other Accounts Receivables which has resulted in improved collection efficiency. To find this out, Ms. Cabanilla recommends for proper auditing of NEA. But will NEA disclose its audit findings when the change management team is of its creation? It is doubtful.
Asked what benefits will it give to members-consumers whose Electric Cooperative is A+? Ms. Cabanilla answered: “NON”. But increased salary and other benefits to AKELCO officials and employees. The BOD and Management are also given more freedom to manage its own affair by the NEA.
Ms. Cabanilla also discussed the “Magna Carta For Residential Electric Consumers”. Madyaas Pen will publish this in the next issue. /MP
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