Following her reinstatement as the General Manager,
Audit and Compliance, Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd (NDPHC) in
November, Maryam Danna Mohammed, has pledged not to compromise as an
auditor in the discharge of her duty.
She said this at the Walima of her reinstatement as the
GM Audit and Compliance, NDPHC at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja on
Sunday December 6 this year.
Maryam was reinstated on November 10 this year by the
President, Muhammad Buhari after four years of forceful eviction from
office.
While expressing excitement over her return to office,
Maryam told newsmen in Abuja, “I will do another history; I will not
compromise; I'm still what I am. The auditor in me is still me; I will
not change.
“I'm still going to do my work the way I am. In NDPHC, I
was one of the key people that moved the project for us. I'm the person
in-charge of compliance, so I ensure that I go round all the project
sites.”
Maryam recalled when “They gave contractors money at
first in 2006/2007, people thought they are giving them money for free.
All of them went to their houses after collecting the mobilisation and
slept.
“When I now got the position of Chair-body I now asked
what is my duty I want to know. And they said as a compliant person, you
need to ensure all the projects are carried out. So, I designed a
process whereby I visited sites. I'm very happy to say I'm part of the
success story of the electricity we now have in this country.”
On what she would do differently now she is back to
office, the GM and Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Nigeria, vowed to move the nation forward.
She vowed, “We will try and move this country. I'll try
and do my best although you know it's not easy. I'm a person who doesn't
compromise, and I'm a person who does anything she wants to do with all
my heart”.
Speaking about whistle blowers’ protection in the
country, the GM noted that whistle blowers are not protected in this
country, noting that the top are the ones that take decisions. “We have
to work towards that whistle blower to make it a strong one.”
As a indigene of Borno State, Maryam hinted that the government should be responsible for the Almajiris.
She emphasised that most of the people in the North
especially her state, Borno, want to go to school but don't have the
means of educating or taking their children to school.
“I remember my daddy back in those days when he said we
must go to school. It was a big problem. They said girls are not
supposed to go to school. The children should be at home to marry.
She, therefore, suggested that the government has to be
involved because most of them don't have the finances, noting that the
culture also is a contributor to it.
Her words, “Even Islam doesn't even allow you to leave
your child on the street. Because of poverty that we are facing in the
northeast, you see that children don't go to school, that is one.
“Then the school the second is maybe religious or
cultural issues, now in this one if you look round we have so many
ladies that are graduates and we've started coming up gradually.”
Maryam was born on August 8, 1967 in Maiduguri, Borno
State. She is a 1990 graduate of Accounting from the Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria, and holds a Master of Business Administration degree
from the University of Maiduguri.
She qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2006, i.e.
Associate Member of ICAN: and become a Fellow of the Institute (FCA) In
April, 2016.
Her quest for professionalism transcends to the
Information Systems Audit & Control Association (ISACA) as she
certified as CGEIT ~ Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT in 2009,
and CRISC Certified in Risk & Information Systems Control in 2010.
She also holds an Associate Membership of the institute
of Chartered Management Accountants (ICMA) and Nigeti.n Institute of
Management (NIM).
Maryam is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Taxation of Nigeria. She attended several professional trainings in and
outside the country.
Maryam started her working career in the then National
Electric Power Authority (NEPA) in 1992 as an Officer Il (Audit). She
maintained stable career in Audit and rose through the ranks to the
position of Assistant General Manager (Audit) in 2010 while in the
service of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria.
Maryam was seconded to the Niger Delta Power Holding Company in 2006 and later transferred her services to the company.
On account of her dedication, hard work and professional
excellence, she was promoted to the rank of General Manager, Audit
& Compliance in July 2011.
