NEHAWU welcomes axing of NSFAS CEO

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The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union(NEHAWU) in the Western Cape says it welcomes the decision to axe the National Student Financial Aid(NSFAS) CEO Andile Nongogo.

NSFAS board terminated Nongogo’s employment contract for breach of financial management prescripts and breach of trust.

Board chairperson, Ernest Khosa, informed parliament about the decision during the entity’s appearance before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on Tuesday.

The Board held a meeting on Monday, among other things, to consider Nongogo’s submission regarding the findings of the Ngcukaitobi and Werksmans investigative report against him.

The union said it has always maintained that the dismissal of Nongogo was inevitable because the evidence against him.

“It was overwhelming and irrefutable and we are satisfied that the board has agreed with our assertion and terminated his contract.

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“As NEHAWU, we believe that the urgent task of the Board and all role players is to now embark on a search for a highly skilled and competent CEO in order to swiftly bring stability at NSFAS.

“This is to ensure that the taxpayers money is used for what it is intended for, which is to fund tertiary education of students from poor and impoverished backgrounds.

“The union further believes that the new CEO should be thoroughly vetted in order to avoid the repeat of hiring someone who has a chequered past and dodgy business interests like Nongogo,” the union’s provincial secretary, Baxolise Mali expressed.

NEHAWU called on the Department of Higher Education and the NSFAS to move with speed in ensuring that a highly skilled and competent CEO is appointed to manage a complex institution such as NSFAS.

This it said to ensure efficiency in the provision of services to the scheme’s beneficiaries and stakeholders.