The NSSF board of trustees under the chairmanship of Prof Samwel Wangwe told six directors and six managers to stay home pending investigations based on the findings of various audit reports.
The affected NSSF executives are director of operations Crescentius Magori, director of internal audit Pauline Mtunda, director of finance Ludovick Mrosso, director of planning, investments and projects Yacoub Kidula, director of human resources and administration Chiku Matessa, and director of actuarial and risk management Sadi Shemliwa.
Also suspended are the NSSF administration manager Amina Abdallah, planning and investment manager Abdallah Mseli, projects manager Eng. John Msemo, chief accountant Davis Kalanje, chief manager (Temeke) Chedrick Komba, and project manager (engineer) John Ndazi.
"The…investigation (will centre on) allegations of embezzlement and abuse of office, regulations, laws and procedure in investment, project management, land procurement and employment," an NSSF statement said.
The latest move comes a few months after President John Magufuli removed NSSF's long-serving director general, Ramadhan Dau, from his position. No reason was given for Dau’s forced exit.
Dau, who was elbowed out of NSSF in February, was succeeded the following month (March) by Prof Godius Kahyarara at the helm of the pensions fund.
There have been long-standing allegations of impropriety in the $653 million Dege Eco Village project being jointly implemented by NSSF and a private company in the new Kigamboni district of Dar es Salaam (formerly a part of Temeke district).
It is understood that an audit report on the project prepared by the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) uncovered serious financial irregularities in the execution of the joint venture project.According to sources, among other things, land acquisition in the project was grossly inflated.
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