The CEO of giant
pharmaceutical company, Fidson Plc, Fidelis Ayebae is currently witnessing
firsthand the harmful effects of distrust and envy as about 18 staff of the
company resigned last month following long standing grievance against the
General Manager, Ali Balogun.
They say people
who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. We learnt that early
this year when Ali Balogun was appointed as the GM by Fidelis Ayebae, and moved
from his former office, National Sales Manager, his promotion was greeted with
protest by several staff of the company. Notable among the protesters was the
former Regional Sales Manager, David Otokpa who even came up with documentary
evidence such as bank tellers, which he claimed he used to pay the company’s
proceeds into Balogun’s personal bank account following the GM’s order while he
was his direct boss as the National Sales Manager.
Apart from Otokpa,
it was said that several other aggrieved party produced evidence to nail
Balogun, and discourage the CEO from promoting him to GM but Fidelis stuck to
his gun. This led to the resignation of several staff, including Otokpa then.
And last month,
the situation reared its ugly head when about 18 staff of the company,
including the Chief Accountant, one Ikem and Human Resources Officer, Lanre
Awolesi resigned owing to issues they allegedly had with Ali Balogun. The
issues we were told was about the GM allegedly implicating them in alleged
corrupt practices perpetrated by him.
Though Balogun is
said to be very close to the element that determines the tide of Fidson’s
history, this mass resignations signified that all is not well in the company,
which does not help its planned private placement.
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