The parent company of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC or Eko DisCo) West Power and Gas Limited has dismissed the former chief executive of the electricity distribution company Tinuade Sanda.
The company’s board chairman Charles Momoh conveyed the termination of appointment in a letter dated April 17, 2024.
The letter reads, “We refer to your contract of employment dated April 1, 2022, signed between you and WPG Limited (the ‘Contract’).
“We hereby advise you that your services are no longer required and accordingly your employment with WPG Ltd is hereby terminated effective April 17, 2024, in accordance with clause 10.2 of the Contract.
“WPG Ltd is obligated to pay you three months salary in lieu of notice and hereby advise you that the due amounts have been credited to your account.
“You are requested to kindly return all company’s properties (whether WPG or EKEDP) in your possession which will include but not limited to laptops, identity card, and status car upon your receipt of this letter…”
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Last month, Ms Sanda was removed from her role as Eko DisCo boss and directed to return to WPG following a directive from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
But the company’s director and chairman of legal and regulatory committee Babor Egeregor insisted that Sanda remained the CEO of EKEDC.
Nairametrics reported that it learnt Sanda’s removal may have been due to internal shareholder jostle for control.
Sanda joined WPG in 2013 and supported in the acquisition of Eko DisCo in November of the same year.
She held several positions at the WPG and Eko DisCo respectively before being made deputy managing director of the electricity distribution company. She was subsequently appointed managing director in 2022.
